The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-09-26

the place. The announcement was re-
ceived with deafening cheers, and cries
were made for P. A. Collins, John E.
Fitzgerald and Judge Abbott, neither Of
whom responded. The crowd then dis
persed, and at 11.40 a. m. all the accred'
tied delegates were admitted to Me.
chanics' Hall.
The facts are as follows relative to the
seizure of Mechanics Hall by the But
lerites. At about o'clock tnis morning
some one hundred and fifty Butler dele,
gates, headed by DR.. McSheehy of Bos-
ton, Mr. Power of Springfield, Mr.. Power
of Randolph, and others, entered Me-
chanics' Hall, and proceeded to elect P.
]. Hughes, of Boston, chairman, and de.
claring their intention to remain until
the Convention was fully organized. At
sos 8. M, DR.. McSheehy sprang to the
platform and nominated Butler for Gov
ernor. Speeches followed, every dele
gate declaring he would stay there until
forcibly thrown out. By o'clock the
regulars had all walked up to the situa-
ton, and at $50 a. m. the Mayor of Wor-
cester arrived with posse of fifty Off
GERS. He appealed to the crowd to dis
perse, and told them if they would 60
out he would protect them in all their
rights. A delegate asked what he meant
by protecting them in all their rights.
The Mayor intimated that tha police OF
the city should not be used to clear the
hall when the Convention was regularly
assembled. J. ]. McDavitt, Buffers
lieutenant, appeared on the scene and
asked the Mayor if it was true that he
had posted blue coated policemen in the
corridors and locked the doo-3 to prevent
egress or ingress. The Mayer said, "No,
any one could go out who chose" "Can
they come in again ?" asked McDavitt.
'sNo, sir" replied the Mayor. "Then," !"
said McDavitt, "we refuse to leave. "
And this declaration was answered with
a passionate peal of applause.
Dennis Kearney, the sand lot orator,
has arrived in town, and it is understood
that he will speak on the Common to-
night. In anticipation of Cho event, a
large posse of police will be in atten-
dance.
At the afternoon session after the
choice of delegates for members of the
State central committee had been an-
nounced, Maj. McCaferty was called
upon. He said that the ward from
which he had been selected instructed
him to vote for Butler, and he had obeyed
instructions, recognizing the right of the
people to instruct him so to act. The
men who instructed him recognized the
signs of the times. They had seen the
star in the east, and had made up their
minds to be up and doing in the great
cause of reform.
The committee to nominate the re-
mainder of the State ticke: reported as
follows: Lieutenant Governor, john T.
Arnold, of North Adams; Secretary of
State, Charles M. Strauss, of bingham (;
Attorney-General, Caleb Cushing, of
Newburyport; Auditor, J. Boyle Orelly,
of Boston; Treasurer, D. N. Skillings, of
Winchester. The nomirstions were
unanimously endorsed by the Conven-
tion.
The platform reafirms adherence to
the Democratic principles enunciated
snd acted upon by Jefferson, Madison
and Jackson; condemns extravaganza in
State expenditures, expresses shame and
sorrow at the sight of a President elected
by the votes of a majority set aside and
the people deprived of his services by
forgery and perjury, and declares that no
man should be permitted 20 hold office
who is tainted with fraud and corruption.
It reproduces the platform for the State
Government as set forth By the Demo
cratic party in its Convention in 1875, a
more extended reference to which is
found in the address of the candidate for
governor to the citizens who asked him
to be candidate. 1t deprecates legisla-
ton tending to place impediments in the
way of free suffrage by poor men, and
calls upon all to unite with the Democ-
racy in securing the needed reforms.