Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-15
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADvERT1sEMEHTs. :
David Barrett, administrator Application for

s. M. H8pRa and Green Gordon, Administra-
=, =, tSApplieation for Discharge; Dig e, II.
PeYon B. Darwin-For School Commissioner.
HEPUBL1CAN COUNTY CONVENTION.
( The Republican County Convention for
nominating county officers, members Of the
Legislature, and selecting delegates for the
State and Congressional Conventions, met in
the Court House on Monday last. ... .. :,
There wasa very large crowd of negroes in
attendance, al I'D the Court room was densely
packed, one-tEi ird of the assemblage being
whites, who wAre in attendance merely as
At II o'clock, J L. Watson, County Chair
man of the executive committee, called the
Convention to ord4, and prayer was offered
by Rev. G. A. KING colored.,.& ... ....
B. F. Briggs mo led for temporary or
ganization by .thes appointment of P. j.
OConnell as TEMP horary Chairman. The
chair decided the mdion out of order, which
was also opposed by Z. Hannibal White, when
Mr.. Briggs withdrew his motion.
w. E. Rose then mbved to organize by ap-
pointing a temporary Chairman, when the
chair decided to leavehhe question to the dis
cretion Of the convenf Jon, and proceeded to
read aloud the notice y virtue of which the
Convention had assembled. r .1
At this point Mr.. Briggs again insisted that
the duties of the presiidiin chairman wuro per-
formed, and emphaticall{ declared the Con-
vention organized, and al Sain moved for the
appointment of g. temporary Chairman.
w. E. Rose begged to differ from the gen.
tleman. He thought theS duties of the chair
were not yet performed, por would they be
discharged until the roA of delegates was
called, and the proxies veffed. A discussion,
participated in by Messra Briggs, Rose and
others, here ensued, whe9 Mr.. Briggs, in sup
port of his position, called upon Judge Mack
ey, who was present, for 9is opinion as to what
was parliamentary usage. The Judge, how.
ever, failed to respond4 and Miles johnson
moved that committee to examine creden.
tials of delegates be appointed. The motion
was seconded, but objected to by Mr.. Briggs
Mr.. Pointer urged the motion, when objection
was raised to him having voice: in the con-
vention. But he insiAed upon being heard
when amid confusion ahe chair appointed q
committee on credentials. 3! ..a
The committee consisted of T. K. Bates, A.
Williford, David Bartlett, VIM. Sahms, Thos.
White, Prince Bigges, Augustus Brian ; the
latter three being c4ored. The committee
then retired, and after examining credentials
and substituting another name for B. F.
Briggs, who was appointed delegate from
Bethel township, reported the credentials as
correct, and all the delegates answered to their
names except James Rattaree, of Rock Hill :
Mr.. Pointer moved that the Convention
ratify the action of thb Committee, which was
carried. (
The same gentleman also moved that the
delegates retire for the purpose Of making
nominations. The motion was amended by
j. Hannibal White, who moved that Judge
Mackey be requested to address the meeting
and that the delegates be permitted to hear
his speech before retiring to make nomina'
tions. The amendment to the original mo-
ton prevailed, and silence being ordered
Judge Mackey proceeded to address the house
Judge Mackey confined himself mainly to
the issues involved in the Presidential contest
urging his hearers to vote for Grant. Hllud'
ing to State affairs, however, he said it was
the duty of the delegates to the Convention
there assembled to put in nomination only
good and honest men, who could stand the
test of the judgment Of the ballot-bo0 Much
reform was needed in our State government
and so fragrant are its abuses that the moral
sense of the whole American people demand
an absolute reform. Taxes have been collect,
ed and appropriated to private uses, and the
public free schools are now closed for the
want of money which had taken the wings Of
the morning and flown away. The Colored
Orphan Asylum of Charleston, for which an
appropriation Of $4,000 was made by the
last Legislature, had to close for want of the
funds thus appropriated but not paid over
and the institution, though now open, was
maintained by the liberality of private citi'
zens. The State Asylum for the insane would
aiso be compelled to close for wanf Of funds
though the money for the support bf all our
State institutions had been collected from the
taxpayers. Six millions Of dollars had been
squandered by the INSTRUMENTATION Of q
few to the injury of many. These past evils
can be corrected by electing honest men from
the lines Of the Republican party, but should
we fail in this, let us not surrender to the
Democrats. While admitting the errors Of
the State administration he would not admit
that the Republican party had conferred nc
benefits upon the people. The homestead
law, abolishment of imprisonment for debt
and the free school system were given as ex'
amples of the benefits derived from the party
in addition to which more things are to be
done and bad things are to be corrected. He
urged that delegates sent to the State Con-
vention should be good men-as true as the
present member of Congress from this district
He also appealed for the nomination and re,
election of Mr.. Wallace, who had faithfully
discharged his duties President Grant, too
was so impressed with Mr.. Wallace, that he
had expressed in person to the speaker de-
sire for his reelection, and while as chief ex'
ecutive he would not interfere in local elec.
tions, he hoped Mr.. Wallace 8 constituents
would show a sense of their public gratitude
by returning him to Congress. After a few
good humored remarks at the expense of the
Democrats of North Carolina, who in their