The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-09-05

A division was called for, and the vote
stood Allen SO; Haync 5. So Macon B.
Allen was declared the nominee of the hon.
est Republicans for the Office of Secretary of
State.
For Comptroller General, General W. j.
Whipper nominated Mr.. J. Scott Murray,
of Anderson, in, q very aattering speech
Mr.. Murray was elected by acclamation.
For State Treasurer, Samuel Lee. of Sum-
ter, suggested the name of Edwin +. Gary,
the present State Auditor, dwelling in terms
of the highest encomiums upon his honesty
and integrity.
Judge Orr added to the remarks of Lee,
by stating that to Edwin T. Gary was main
ly due the, disruption of the revenue bond
scrip swindle; to stop his legal proceedings
against which, Mr.. Gary had been approach
ed with bribe of $50, 900, Which he indig-
nantly refused. .., "'" .>'~,- ......
For Superintendent of Education, j.. NJ.
Sullivan, Of .Greenville. nominated J; L. Ro-
berts, of. ,Greenville, colored. -.
Mr.. Whittemorc nominated J. X. Jillson,
and followed his nomination in lengthy
and vehement speech, setting forth the
claims Mr. Jilson, but more especially at
tacking that bane of Whittcmore's life, Tom
Mackey. =, .r, ......,,
Mr.. Roberts was nominated by avote Of
So to2. - a... ''
Mr.. Philip Ezekiel, (colored, } of Beaufort,
was elected by acclamation as a candidate
for Edjutant and Inspector General.
For Congress at Large, Geo. w. Clarke,
Collector Of Customs at Charleston, } L. Cass
Carpenter, Louis f. johnson, (latc United
States Marshal } and Joseph Quash, (color.
ed, of Aiken county, wero nominated.
In his speech in support of Louis Z. John,
son, Mr.. Pointer stated that he came from
the Ku Klux region, where the 'Republi.
cans had been whipped and killed, that the
cause of the Ku Klux was the horrid cor.
ruption of the State Government, and he
could not go back and tell bis outraged con,
stitucney that he had voted Tor such a nlan
as r. j. Moses, jr. r" .' -. 49,, r
Mr.. Northrop, Of Charleston in .adyoca.
ting the claims Of Mr.. Clark; stated that lie
was the representative, par ercelYcnce, Of
Gen. Grant, upon whose counlenance and
known favor the success Of the movement
woud greatly depend. - ..
G. G. Bowen withdrew the namc Of Louis
Z. johnson. ." u .a. '.: .a.
Benjamin Byas, Of Oraugcburg, seconded
the nomination, Of Il. G. Carpenter upon the
ground of his general fitness for the position
and further, being the proprietor Of the on,
ly daily Republican journal Of the State: his
support to the asoSfsskssc s VAS worth at lsasl
ten good stump speakers. Said Mr.. Byas
L. G. Carpenter is in sympathy with this
movement, and that he (Byas,) had convers
ed with Mr.. Carpenter not twenty minutes
before, and felt authorized to say that L. G.
Carpenter and his powerful paper-thc u;
nion-were with the honest Republicans in
this effort for reform.
Mr.. Whittemore withdrew the name Of
George w. Clark. a.;' ."
Mr.. johnson, of Anderson, withdrew the
namo of L. c. Carpenter. ..,s
Mr.. S. Lee, Of Sumter, was nominated by
a colorcd delegate from Charleston, the nom.
ination being seconded by very commen
datory speech from Mr.. Bowen. '.':
MIR. Lee begged leave to decline the nomi.
nation, for the reason that he was one of the
pioneers of the reform movement-not one
of whom had yet sought or received nomi
nation. That he wished to a a:oid the charge
of being sore-head, or Of being actuatcd by
any selfish motives in his public conduct
and therefore preferred for this campaign
at any rate, to accept no position. I.,
Mr.. Joseph Quash was unanimously nomi.
mated. r.-