The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-09-04
Republican Ticket.

The Convention correspondent OF
the Charleston Courier gives the follow
ing pen and ink sketch, of the Mosaic
work of the "Straight-out Republican
Convention :"
The Moses ticket, I may mention,
is a somewhat strangely colored con-
Germ, as regards color. For there is
not q single black man upon it. The
following is brief sketch of the can
didates:
F. J. MOSES, JR.
the candidate for Governor, is we'll
known in the State, and it will be un-
necessary to allude to his past history
He is one of the shrewdest leaders of
his party, and despite the influence of
the Grant Administration, to bo used
against him, will undoubtedly slip it
to the Executive Chair in November.
The platform of bis party was drawn
out by Judge T. J. ,Mackey, and when
it was first printed, q prominent Con-
servative was heard to say "That
platform is a perfect man-trap for
Democratic votes"
n. II. GLEAvEs,
of Beaufort, the candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor, is mulatto of rath-
er prepossessing appearance, and
about ffty-six years Of age. he was
born in Pennsylvania, but at the
breaking out Of the war went into the
Confederate service as captive in a
colorcd' regiment that was enlisted at
that city. At the tall of New Orleans
he changed his uniform and joined a
Federal regiment of colored troops
His first appearance in this State was
in September, 1866, when he camc to
Beaufort, where he has lived ever
since: ue was q Commissioner OF
Election in 1870, and was, with Lang.
ley and Williams, Of that county, in.
dicted and convicted of stufing the
ballot box. The other two were sent
to jail, but Gleaves, through some in.
formality in the trial, was granted a
new trial and acquitted. He is a,
present Probate Judge Of Beaufort
county, and is o man Of intelligence
and influence among the colored peo.
pie. 1t is generally conceded among
the State House Delegates that his
namc gives strength TO the tickct.
''' HENRY E. HAYNE,
the candidate for Secretary Of State,
is like the present incumbent of the
office, a fat muIatto, but has u fair
skin, and is much moro prepossessing
in appearance. He is about 81 years
old, and possesses q moderate educa
ton. He was born in Charleston, but
during the war escaped from the city
and became Commissary Sergeant in
the 33d United States Colored troops
At the close Of the war tho future
Secretary Of State found his way tc
Marion county, of which he at once
took charge, aud became the Factotum
Of the colcred voters. He was q
member of the Chicago Convention
Of 1868, which nominated Grant, and
has served four years in the Genera
Assembly as Senator from Marion
county.
SAMUEL w. MELTON,
the candidate for Attorney General, j:
a native South Carolinian. ue was
born at Yorkville, in 1880, and was
educated at the South Carolina Uni
versity, whence he graduated in 1852
Durisg the war he served the Confed
eracy, first as an aide te Genera
Bonham, ard afterwards as Adiutan1
General on the staff Of Major Genera
G. W. Smith, and still later, in tho
War Department at Richmond. Ii
February, 1870, he was elected to the
Bench to fill the uuexpired term o.
Judge Boozer, and at the last session
Of the General Assembly was chosen
to the same place for the next foul
years. During the present campaign
Judge Melton avowed himself in full
afi!iation with the Republican party
FL CARDOZo,
the candidate for State Treasurer, is
well known in the State. Like the
generally accepted ideal of a widow
he is 'fair, fat and forty" He was
educated in Glasgow, Scotland, and is
10 man of, undoubted ability. His
career in the Office Of Secretary Of
State, which position he has occupied
for the past four years, was very fully
ventilated in the discussion in the
convention, and need not bo com.
mcnted on hero.
SOLOMON L. HogE,
the now candidate for Comptroller
General, is one of the most restless
specimens of tho genus homo carpet,
bagger that is to be found in the
State. He was a Captain in The Sixth
United States Infantry, from which
regiment he resigned, and went into
politics in the State. About this time
he began to develop strong symptoms
of Republicanism. So strong were
these symptoms that Judge Mackey,
in his speech in tho Convention sup
porting him, said that he was the
only Republican officer in his rcgi-
ment. Soon after MI. Hogo embarked
his future on the sea Of political lite
in South Carolina, he was chosen an
Associate Judge on the Supreme