New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-09-17

,xo-,, . from the South but the honest men In the
Rapuhcsn party OF South Carolina rarely have inhu-
euoe enough to seats in conversation which has
the nomination OF a Governor
HOW THE CONVENTION WORKS.
The proceeding certainly marked by good deal OF
disorder but 1t is apparent that the negroes are apt
scholars in parliamentary tactics. The white men no
longer keep them down by misty points OF order or
monopolixe the door to their exclusion. Eiiotfs ex-
perience the House OF Representatives has made him
adept 10 nibustering. At the head OF either ma
jorty minority he Yields the parliamentary WHIP
with q ability not easily surpassed, and wmoh com
mands the unqualified sdmirauon of all spectators on
the other hand young Sam Lee the mulato VINO Gov
Moses's heuchman can worry majority for hours Win
half dozen at his back. Anew oacKwoous oarkes
for the first time in parliamentary body are dun In
comprehension aud sometimes refractory but the ne
eroes generally are quick TO see neat point OF order
or array themselves in line either side when test
question IA brought the body. Their 1uency In
tebate rs the confidence with which their
opnions are expressed shows that they are not lacking
On soesteem Elliott, Cardozo, Rainey. Delaney. and
some colored men OF less note have good stock OF
excellent English at command Others supply the iaex
OF by the extempore manufacture OF words-some OF
which beyond compreheDsion-to express theh
ideas Many OF the speeches abound In the pious eacn
latOns and Scriptural illusions which awsys take with
colored audience. and the effect OF which does not
marred at all by the fact that the speakerSs
sometimes known to be growing rich on OXIDES anu
POPULATION. But do not often hear as an tne nrst
years of negroes participation in politics, the mur
rnurs Of assent which belong TO the church and the
class-meeting rather than to party convention. Only
the unsophisticated exelam, Praise the LoroP
Amen 70 'Bress God, brethreDw Hallelujahl" and
the like and here in other Southern States the
caFpetbagger longer finds it necessary to wear the
tng eDs OF pety in order to win the FAVOR Vi
his eolored associates. .t4
on
The telegraphic reports Of the proceedings OF the
Convention have given idea of the important part
which money plays in determining its choice OF cano
dates aud mOding sentiment questions OF state
policy. Tns influence Is acknowledged by politicians
with amazing candor, and talked about by the people
IS matter Of course. Yet believe that less money
has been spent this Convention than In any other Re-
publican Convention in South Carolina within the last
i've years. The men who supposed to have money
for distribution either because Of their use OF IL IN the
past OF their relations with candidates are
beseRed day aud night and some have almost to hide
Themselves in order avoid being bled. One Republic
can in my hearing said he could buy the whole Oonven-
tion--he meant. Of course, maiority-for $4,000 /;
another fixed the price $4,000 and another at figure
much lower The reputed cost Of a report from the
Committee Credentials was $780, and then the
three members whose votes were bought were
said to have been paid by both sides. Dele
gates grumbled because they had worked
all Summer to get elected to the Convention and after
all had to home. they said, without having their
expenses betrayed by candidates In bis speech before
the Convention. Congressman Cain, himself black man,
openly reproved his for their susceptibility TO pc
cuuiary influences aud warned them that by persist
in their present they bringing Repub-
1icansm into disrepute, and the nation to the belief
that the negro is indeed be trusted In politics.
Ills words applauded by the brbers and the
bribed and there those unkndly skeptical OF
the speakers honesty that their eyes twnkled ut his
reprOOf. aud who wanted to know If "saul also was
among the prophets" But II begin to write In detail
OF the influence of money in the politics and govern
ment OF South Carolina shall not know where TO stop,
aud the reader who has the welfare Of the negro at
heart will grow sick with disgust before 1 am half
through. Let the subject rest for the present.