Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-09-19
From the Chester Reporter, 18th instant.
THE CHESTER COUNTY RADICALS.

The Radical County Convention for the
nomination of county officers and members OF
the Legislature met in the Court House on
last Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, and con.
tinued in session till the plying shades of
night came down upon the disgusting brutal
ity of the scene. The convention was compos'
ed of forty-eight delegates from the various
voting precincts of the county. Just before
they moved into the Court House to begin bus
mess, spirited dog fight took place on the
sidewalk in front Of that building: We did
not realize at the time Low prophetic this was
of the proceedings of the day.
John Lee, County Chairman, called the
meeting to order, and explained very briefly
its object. The first business, he said, was to
elect a "prominent" chairman. Judge Mac
keys name was proposed for the position. He
was elected without opposition, and declared
by John Lee to be the ''prominent" chairman
of the convention. On taking the chair, the
Judge addressed the convention in some very
sensible and pertinent remarks. He told
them that the ship Of State was now among
the rocks and that the pirates were plunder-
dering her from deck to keel, and that it was
their duty to come to the rescue by electing
honest and capable men to take the place OF
the present corrupt crew. He also told them
that from the best information he could get
there were twelve hundred candidates for the
eleven positions they had at their disposal !;
that there must consequently be eleven hum
dred and eighty-nine disappointed aspirants,
and that they must be prepared to surrender
their individual preferences and sustain who
ever might be the nominees of the convention.
The nomination of sheriff was first gone
into. It had been arranged in caucus that
B. G.. Yocum should have this office in COM
pensation for his fealty to the party, and as
reward for the galantry displayed in COM
manding the militia in the New Hope cam
paign by telegraphic dispatches from Colum.
bia. He, therefore, received forty-fve out OF
forty-eight votes cast. Sancho Sanders was
one of the three who voted for another NOM
inee. Sancho has sat in the House OF Repre-
sentatives with Yocum. The nomination OF
a Clerk of the Court was next in order. The
contest between the friends of G. G. Macoy,
ESQ.,, and w. M. Mcdonald was sharp, pun
gent and threatening. The lie flew around as
if the floor of radical convention was its
native heath. But nobody was hurt On
ballot being taken, Mr.. Macoy received thir-
ty-three votes and was declared duly noml-
mated.
John Dickey, Esq, and Dublin Walker,
present incumbents, we're re-nominated tor the
Offices of Probate Judge and County School
Commissioner respectively. For Coroner,
Yocum nominated Mr.. H. G. Brawley. on the
ground that the Office was one that did not
pay anything, and that they, might therefore,
afford to give it to one not in af6liation with
their party. Julius Stevenson, colored, was
also nominated The ballot showed forty
seven for Stevenson and one for Brawley.
This is tatamount to electing no coroner; for
Stevenson can never give the bond, and if he
did, could never discharge the duties of his