The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-05-11

reading.
The President announced the business
before the convention now to be the noml-
nation and election of delegates to the st.
Louis Convention, to be composed of two
from each. Congressional District and
four from the State at large-fourteen in
all.
On motion, it was agreed to vote first
for the four delegates from the State at
large.
The President then announced his
readiness to receive nominations.
The following nominations were then
made:
General NJ. G. Butler, of Edgefeld !;
Ex-Governor B. F. Perry, of Greenville ;
General John Bratton, of Fairfield; Cen
eral VIM. A Evans of Chesterfield Gen
eral NJ. L. Bonham, of Edge6eld; Colo
mel D Wyatt Aiken, of Abbeville; Gen
eral J. D. Kennedy, of Kershaw; Hon.
J. R. Campbell, Of Charleston; E. W.
Noise, of Sumter; Colonel James A.
Hoyt, of Anderson; Colonel William
Wallace of Richland and Hon. w. D.
Porter, of Charleston
Mr.. Sheppard, of Edgeield, moved
that the four nominees receiving the ma
iority of votes be declared elected dele
gates from the State at large, and the
four receiving the next highest number
of votes be declared elected alternates.
Agreed to.
MIR. Richardson, of Sumter, moved to
reconsider the motion just adopted, for
thereason that there are twelve nominees,
and FIVE or six of them may get all the
votes necessary to choice, and there
would be no election, thus necessitating q
second ballot; therefore it would expe-
dite the business before the convention
by electing the delegates first and the al
ternates afterward.
On being put to vote, the motion to
reconsider was lost.
The President appointed Messrs
Woodward, Bacon, Ball, Sheppard, Keitt
and Brooks as tellers when the conven:
ton proceeded to vote by ballot as agreed
upon. g,
General Harllee, of Marion, moved
that the delegation from each Congress
ional District nominate two delegates
and two alternates, who shall be voted
for by acclamation. Adopted.
General Harllee moved a recess fol
fifteen minutes, which was laid on the
table; Mr.. Murray, of Anderson, making
the point of order that the members
could not nominate delegates and alter.
mates from their Congressional Districts
until they had been Informed who haG
been elected as delegates from the State
at large.
General James Conner, of Charleston
then addressed the convention briefly,
stating that he had supposed that the
caucus held earlier in the day was for the
purpose of ascertaining from the dele
gates the desires and views of their con
stituents as to the course to be pursued
by the Democratic party of South Caro-
lima; but as such a purpose had not beer
developed, he moved that the convention
when it shall deem proper, go into eau
GUS for an interchange of views and tc
give expression to the opinions of theil
constituents as to the proper course to bt
pursued by the Democratic party Of the
State, and that speeches be limited u
five minutes. Agreed to. r.
An amendment to make the time
for speeches ten minutes was votee
down.
Col. McKissick, of Union, soto vocs-
Five minutes is enough time for gas
There are too many of US for ten minute.
time.
On motion of Gen. Conner, the conven
ton, at 1.90, went into caucus, under thu
rule adopted, while the ballots were be
ing counted.
Col. Simonton was called to the
chair.
Exit reporters and spectators.
The caucus remained in session until
P. NJ, when the convention reassembled
and the following result of the bal
loting was announced:
For Delegates from theState at Large
Gen. John Bratton, of Fairfield, 13(
votes Hon. W. D. Porter, of Charles.
ton, liz; Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, of Alb
beville, 116; Gen. J. D. Kennedy, o.
Kershaw, lib.
Alternates-Gen. M. C. Butler, O.
Edgefeld, 112 votes; ex-Goy. B. F
Perry, of Greenville, 1Os; Col. J. 4
Hoyt, of Anderson, 105; ex-Gov. NJ. l.
Bonham, of Edgefeld. 104.
The convention, at 3.15, adjourned to !
P. NJ.
At5P. NJ, a majority of the delegates
were present in the hall, but the time
was consumed by the delegates from the
Congressional Districts in making Their
selections of two delegates each, until G
o'clock, when the President called the
convention to order,
The proceedings were opened by the
President announcing his readiness to re-
ceiye nominations for two delegates and
two alternates from each Congressional
District to the St. Louis Convention.
The following nominations were made
and unanimously confirmed by acclama-
tion: .e
First District J. S. Richardson, Of
Sumter; J. G. McLucas, of Marion
Alternates-E. R. McIver of Darling
ton; J. B.. McLauren, Of.
Second District-M. P. O'Connor, OF
ClarleSCOu, JOuu L. tiSAOh, "a SaSA
lesion. Alternates-John L. Manning,
of Clarendon; ]. F. Izlar, of Orange
burg.
Third Districts. MCGOWAN, of Able
vile; w. B. Stanley OF Richland.-Al-
ternates-B. w. Ball, of Laurens
Sampson Pope, of Newberry.
Fourth District-J. b. Evins, OF Spar
tanburg; B. F. Perry, of Greenyille.--
Alternates-W. 81. Wallace, of Union
Gabriel Cannon, of Spartanburg. =,
Fifth District-J. G. Sheppard. OF
Edgefeld; William Elliott, of Beaufort.
Alternates-J. J. Fox, Of Colleton
Paul F. Hammond, of Aiken.
Governor Perry declined as alternate
at large, and Colonel William Wallace,
of Richland, was elected to fill vacan-
The convention then proceeded to the
election of three members of the State
Executive committee from each Con-
gressional District, with the following
result.
First District-W. W. Harllee, j. A.