The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-09
THE BLACK sTALWAr.Es.
They Ins,st on o State Ticket I'm Soutl
Carolina but FINALLY Hack Out.
From. tae Me,us and couricy.
CoLUMBrh. 8. O.. Septembe

COLUMBIA, s. c., September 2.
learned very soon after arriving here
| this morning that there was considerable
disc ussion going on among the delegates
to the Republican State Convention
as 10 whether the Convention should
make any nomination for State Of.
ficera at all. The white delegates,
reasonB bitterly opposed to tho nomina.
numbering twenty two, wera fos obvious
fion of State ticket, their chief obiec-
tions being that the expenses of running
| such ticket would DO considerable and
wo;:i!la faiii iaii szaiiIaii7viy on the few white
men Ia the parsy; that there was no
hopo of electing O State ticket even If
nominated and lastly, that there was
really no material in She party fit for the
formation Of such ticket as they would
be willing to place before tho country as
| the representatives Of tho Republicans In
| shis State.
The colored delegates, numbering over
one hundred, were almost unanimously
In favor of nominating State ticket.--
They saw no force in any of the obiec.
tions of the whites. In tho first piaco
theS had nothing TO lose and nothing to
contribute towards the expenses Of the
campaign, nad consequently cared very
little about tho matter. AS 60 the hope
OF electing their ticket they expressed u
vague idea that something would tnrn up
in the shape of aid from the Soflh,
which would reinaugurate the old flush
times in South Carolina. AS to
the rcspectahility of the ticket that
was 9 matter of very little concern
to them. In fact, as heard one
of them remark, 'ifthe Republicans party
waits to find men enough 70 put on tho
ticket who haven't been 'cnsad Of steal.
Ing, they'll never get up o ticket He
was 10 sayor OF putting mp ticket come
Bs. Bsssd q loyal men, whoever @ 'A9y Y may
The aspect of tho delegates conpos.
ing this Convention, as they st.areled
around the lobbies of the State. House
previous 10 the opening OF the Conyen.
ticn, vas as sorry q sight ls = havo had
occasion toWitneSs fdr many q lcag day.;
Here AID there could be seen familiar
face, Whose term iti some Republican
Legislattlre had given him q place H. the
reports OF the fraud committee and faH
and far between 4era the white men
lounging around In an uneasy manner
an il half anhnmea OF haing sean la such
company. ] don't think I saw siaR.e
sleek, well-fiEessed coiaTe6 delegate. 49,
They were al bwoefa,ly .seedy and hun.
yfy.i0oki6g. 1iiT ssif a 5s.i isi nc q 60
from State pap and State piunier had
indeed wrought q wondesfal change,
I slctlced, too, thnt among the delegates
we're 8 great many Young men, mostly
ninlattoes and apparently mere boys,
gnch ask one sees In nearly every barber
shop In the South.
Is was SesS evident .fliat a head was
s=s...4a .ss;.a @ @lAs.s;. 4 .,
quite sick the night before and waaf't
babIe to get out OF bed until about 10
o'clock this morning. Elliot, The ciiaif-
man Of tho executive cotnnii tee, also
caciplEfned of feeling aiclr In fact tho
whole crowd looked sicls. Elliot Is by
M FIseaRs asi popular as be used tc 10
either, and q astrung movement Is on foot
TO ouBt him from bis puaition as ebaiF.
nan of Tho StatA com issea. All these
circumstances consp isesi 10 mako tl1ings
very unsettled this siornin. gsIis ron
tine natter Of obtaining access 10 the
halt Of atiyel bed oven been
overlooked, aud th3 delegate were com.
pelled to lounge asonn6 siie outside of
tho deer and munich pics end lsennts
while they waited fog The key. g.is
At about O'Clock, an hour later than
IlD t&ppuiEteG tilLlGt ~. u. zlfl4l0tt, tnos
chaiFfslaa Of the State Executive Com.
tlittee, walked into The hall OF senresens
fati sna aalled tlia Con "a an q. oder
and reed The eals tby vit..ue of which chs
Convention had been assembled. "a
quorum being fonpd pre- nom "a htions
SrF temporary ehGifnen OF she Convesi.
ton Tsle announced 10 Ea fa order. Z I.
q. Miller, of Beaufort, n1aii ted T.. 80
81. Mickey s delsease fsaln Esss riolh.
mated r. y. Ills0tk Ssllss declined to-
garge, ind Dcas, lcol0ted, 1TaIn Tlsy4
iiuaton, nesli irAted w A. 1IAene, g,f
glsaTinn, who slso declined.
Cob aIptkey beins the only nonEna.
tsffn before lie gSReea5i0n sslls elected
tsInp pUraGy eheignaaN utfanitaEltSly an2
tl1s co19ucted % tito chalk by Z. IL
IssE and W.. 1ls
Iiost klten Ioade 4 listls speeeh in
tghiell be asssigetl tiis C INVENTION os slie
g9iosin2 pleasure Is shicli Il afibIdad hftl
~ ast "a thetn tfl h al
sg ho sya saisiEe 81 q. sll of
inss nigh aud VAS atilf puie and weak
ssitli nsac8 diEacnlty, acsn0v az IA tiile
aDd41 which hf.l l,eri chs hfpef4 t,i1s