The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-27

pr0val IN q l0Hder Key. Inc mottoH
was, however, put n carried amidst
the widest confusion. A number Of dele
gates, among them Mr.. Timothy Hurley,
afterwards succeeded In making themselves
heard, and declared that the chairman had
not acted fairly. Whereupon the chairman
said that he had mistaken the nature of the
resolution. he had been Informed since Its
adoption that 1t should have been simply for
the nomination of r. B. Arlson by reclamation.
The motion to nominate Artson by aeclama-
ton was accordingly put and carried. c. U.
Bowen then moved that the convention settle
the vexed question by proceeding to ballot
for the remaining candidate, and that the DEL
esates be allowed five minutes Tor the pre-
paratlon of ballots. The motion was carried
and the balloting proceeded In tolerable order.
The only nominees that made anything OF a
run were Hurley, Davis and Coates. The
whole number of votes cast was elghty-aight;
of these Hurley received ffty-ave, Davis twen-
five, and Coates nine. The number OF votes
necessary to a choice being forty-tour, Mr..
Hurley was declared the nominee. The con-
ventIon then ratified the Boilers nominations,
both State and county; pledged Itself to their
support; appointed a committee Of seven to
prepare ballots for the election; returned a
vote-o thanks to the chairman, and adjourned
sine die at half.past ten o'clock, P. II.
49, The Ticket
as now completed is composed as follows.
For Sherif-C. C. Bowen.
For Clerk OF Court-A. G. Richmond.
For Probate Judge-George Buist.
For Coroner-Aaron Logan, colored.
For School Commissioners. a. Hoyt.
For Slate Senstor-Wm. R. Jeryey, colored.
For County Commissioners-M. McLangh-
lin, white, and W. q. Thompson and John
Bonun, colored.
For Representatives.. ]. Andell, j. F.
Greene, o. B. Levy, Timothy Hurley and
James Brennan, white, and Edward Petty,
Richard Bryan, Isaac Prlolesu, Julius Ting
man, G. F. North, John V~anderpo&, A. P.
Ford, R. W. Turner, W. A. Grant, B. A. Bose.
mon, J. J. Grant, N. T. Spencer, r. B. Artson,
colored.
The Record OF the Nozninees.
The folio Hlngss q brief historical sketch OF
the career and public services of the gentle.
men above named:
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BOWEN
Is we'll known not only In this city and State,
but his Congressional and other experiences
In Washington have given him considerable
notoriety throughout the country. he lisa
native of Rhode leland, but has lived in the
| South for many years, and was an officer OF q
| Georgia battalion In the Confederate army.
When the Federal troops entered this city he
| was found here In jail upon a charge OF shoot
| ing q superior officer. Being liberated by the
Fedora! troops, he became an ardent Radical.
and began praeticlng .as. q. criUinst fatTq'
and claim agent before the courts-martial then.
established here. In 1866 he was incarcera-
tedin Castle Plnckney by General sickles for
some alleged malversatlon Of the funds Of
some colored clients on ] ohn's Island, and he
was confined for some weeks until the
Union League rallied In his favor and secured.
| his release. Ia 1868 he was q member of the
Constitutional Convention, and In the SAM
year he was elected to Congress to serve out
an une1plred term. In 1870 he again ran tor
Congress, and was defeated by Robert G. De.
Large. He was afterwards arrested tor big
amy, tried In Washington, convicted, and
sentenced to three years. imprisonment, but
was soon %pardoned. out by General Grant
Last winter ne obtained admission 10 The
State Legislature through the resignation Of
( John ]. Hardy and q special election In this
county, and his record during and since the
last session of the Legislature Ia fresh IN the
recollection of our. readers.
A. c. RICHMOND.
who is now nominated by the Bowenites for
clerk of the court, is q native of Iowa, but was
also q non-commissloned officer In the Confed-
crate army. Like his compatriot, Mr.. Bowen,
he was In trouble under some military charge
when the federal troops occupied Charleston,
but was released and given an appointment
under the Freedmen's Bureau. he was also
a member of the Constitutional Convention IN
January, 1868, and In the fall of the same year
he was elected clerk of the county courts,
which position he has held ever since.
HON. GEORGE BUST,
who is now renominated for Judge of prcoate'
has 80 long filled that position, and Is 30 well
known to all our citizens, tnat any sRelcn OF
his career Ia unnecessary.
M'LAUGHLIN
lB an IrIshman who has lived during most of
his life In New York City. He came to this
city soon after the. close Of the war and en-
gagged In planting IN Goose Greek. Failing
In this enterprise, he entered the political
arena, and In 1868 was elected one of the
county commissioners, to which position he
was reelected In 1870, and has since held.
His name has lately been brought prominent
" before the public in connection With Ger.
tain alleged over-issues of county checks. He
was said to have signed county checks to the
extent of eighteen thousand dollars In excess
of the amount authorized by law, but he kept
them in fills own possession. Proceedings
were taken to compel hlm to turn them over
to the custody of the Inferior Court, and an
order to that effect was Issued by Judge Geo.
Lee. This order was dlsobeyed, and Judge
Lee put him In jail for contempt of court,
| whence Chief Justice Moses released him.
Judge Lee ordered his rearrest, aud Judge
| Graham Issued a prohibition restraining the
sheriff from making the arrest. Mr.. Nc
Lsughlin soon after turned over the checks
to the full board of commissioners, by whom
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