The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-21
SOUTH CAROLINA
The Republican State Nominating
Convention.
Arrival Of the Delegates Mdsrinadcns 10 H
Aade-Ths Two Corrupt Rings aAt Their Csa-
didaees for Governor-Nsgro delegates
Offering Their Votes for Money
chamberlain the Probable.
Nominee for Governor.

COLUMBIA, g. g.. Auguss 20, Is72
Tho city fs crowded with delegates to th9 Isepub-
loan State Nominating Convention which meets
tomorrow in the Senate chamber Of the new Stste
House. The officers TO be nominated are Governor.
Lieutenant Governor Secretary OF State Treasurer,
Comptroller General, Attorney General, Suporin,
tendent Of Education. Congressman at Largo and
seven electors for President and Vice President OF
the United Statos. large majority Of the dele
gates are negroes, and nearly every white republl
can in South Carolina is present Il was generally
believed that the negroes desired some sort Of ref
ormation In the state government; but to-day I
ind that nearly every delegate camo here mstt6r
OF speculation to vote for the highest bidder. This
Is done openly, without any attempt whatever to
hide their vlany, and It was not uncommon to
hear negroes ask each other on the streets who
was Offering tho most money. The main interest
Of the Convention centres on the nomination for
Governor, for which the two prominent candidates
are Attorney General Chamberlain and Speaker
Moses OF the House Of Representatives The former
is candidate OF ,
THE NEW YORK FINANCIAL RING. ~,
that has swindled the State over ten millions ~
dollars and the latter s candidate Of the LegsIa
tive cOrruptionists and Blue Ridge Railroad ring In
the event OF the nomination of either of these cam
didates the white people see no relief from tho
fraudulent debt and heavy taxation by which they
are now encountered, and they recognize In the
election OF either O continuation OF the old ring
operations under new name. Chamberlain IL
now member Of the Financial Board,
and In common with Scott and the Treas
urer ia equally responsible for the over
issue, Of bonds, and Moses is regarded az stir
more UNANIMOUSLY concerned in the swlndles than
Chamberlain. IL Is stated that the administration
at Washington favors reform ticket which would
ha in tha VII rim
that now has control OF the state but this Is an Inn
possibility, as the ring spend their money lavishiy
that suits about to be instituted against Scott
and others in the courts here and II some OF tho
ring are not In power 1t Ii more than probable
they will terminate their in the State Peni
tertiary.
tt Is said desired the nomination either OF Judge
Orr, United States District Attorney C0rbin or
Reuben Tomlinson, all OF whom are republicans Of
the taxpayers OF the state but the ring has proved
too powerful and to-night tits confidently asserted
that Chamberlain will be the nominee. IL Is pos
sble that the supporters o: the defeated candidate
may bolt the nomination and by forming coalition
with the white people and the liberal republicans
OF carrying the state on the 10th OF
october. In such contingency It would not sur
ley in November. With the administration ticket
now almost certain to be nominated this State will
be heavy load for General Grant In tho Presiden-
tial canvass. Comptroller General Neagle, who has
amassed immense wealth here, furnishes the funds
Tor the chamberlain party. wnile JOnn D. PatteIsOns
Of Pennsylvania. President OF the Blue Ridge Rail-
road Ia said to be paying out literally for Moses.
do not believe there ever was witnessed such
SHAMELESS AND BAREFACED CORRUPTION
as is openly practised here by the non-taxpayers
upon the taxpaying portion OF the community.
Senator Sawyer arrived here to-day, fresh from the
Cabinet at Washington, and learn tonight that
he represents the President as condemning bolt
Inaccordance with this advice consolidation upon
Chamberlain by the hitherto reform republican
elements Is feared. The whites are sadly disap-
pointed they had been led to hope by Orr, C0rbin
and others, who claim to represent the administra-
ton, that Grant had determined to rid the State
OF the corrupt cott-Chamberlain- Kempton ring.