The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-06-10

challenges the comparison or tne present
happy and prosperous condition of the
State with the bitterness, venality and
suspicion, which under Republican mis-
rule distracted our people and sapped the
foundations of their prosperity.
1t calls upon all good citizens who
favor an honest, economical and liberal
administration to rally to the standard
of The Democracy and to lead it to victo-
ry.
This Platform was unanimously adopt
ed.
Mr.. James Aldrich, of Aiken, introduc-
ed the following which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Executive Commit
tee shall be authorized to fill any vacan-
cies which may arise in the Office of
Electors for President and Vice-Presi-
dent in this State.
On motion the Convention then went
into the nomination of State officers, and
on motion of Mr.. I. D. Witherspoon the
nominations were made in the following
order: Governor, Lieutenant-Governor,
Secretary of State, Comptroller General,
Attorney General, Superintendent of Ed.
ucation, Adjutant and Inspector General,
State Treasurer.
Mr.. David Fitzgibbon, of Charleston,
obtained the floor and placed in nomina-
ton for Governor Gen. johnson Hagood.
a1r. j. w. Holmes, of Barnwell, sec.
onded the nomination of Gen. Hagood,
in the following terms:
1fr. President: I heartily second the
nomination of Gen. Hagood as candi.
date for the Democratic nomination for
Governor.
While my feelings prompt me to recall
his brilliant record, both as soldier and
civilian, my judgment teaches me that
he needs no eulogium from his friends,
and no introduction to the people Of
South Carolina, for, wherever in our
State private worth and public virtue are
valued and venerated, the name of Ha-
good and the story of his spotless, chiv-
alrous life are familiar as household
words.
We who come from his native county,
where he is best known and most loved,
present him to this Convention as the
first and last choice of county that has
been fruitful of great and good men,
with the pride and confidence of the Ro-
man mother who pointed to her children
as her most precious jewels.
With the confident assurance that in
the coming campaign he will, if nomi.
mated, lead the Democratic legions with
the same ability, constancy and chivalry
that he, years ago, led his brave brigade
on the shores of our own State and over
| the battlefelds of the Old Dominion. we
place in nomination the name OF Gen.
Hagood, who, true to the traditions Of
our past and our party, while protecting
the rights of all, will preserve and per.
feet the supremacy of the civilization of
the Anglo Saxon race in South Carolina.
/ Col. James II. Rion, of Fairfield, also
seconded the nomination of Gen. Ha-
good. Gen. Hagood, he said, was man
of great administrative ability, of fine
powers of organization, and of unsur-
passed integrity. He was always more
ready to merit appreciation than to court
it. 1t had been said that Gen. Hagood
would carry his brigade during the war
into the hottest of the fight simply for
the purpose of personal advancement
He knew personally that Gen. Hagood
on these occasions always acted under
orders from superior officers, and if his
brigade was taken into hot places it was
because his superior officers knew the
high qualifications he possessed for such
an emergency. As representative Of
the minority of the Convention who op-
posed early nominations, be hoped that
his endorsement of Gen. Hagood would
be taken as guarantee of their willing
ness to support the action of the Conven-
ton, and that they would proceed with
the campaign as if no such question had
ever divided them, and that they would
20 on with q hearty and united will to
hold the ground they had won in 1876.
Nominations being closed, on motion
of Mr.. David Fitzgibbon, of Charleston,
Johnson Hagood was unanimously lom-
mated for the Office of Governor, amid
rounds Of applause:
DR.. j. G. Maxwell, of Abbeville, nom-
mated Gen. John D. Kennedy for Lieu.
tenant-Governor. 1t had been his for.
tune, he said, during the four years of
the war to be thrown with Gen. Kennedy.
At all times-in the camp and in battle
he had always found him a gallant SOL
dier, an able officer and courteous and
affable gentleman. When the war end
ed he transferred the devotion he had
given to the Confederate flag to the Dem.
ocratic party. No man in South Caro-
Carolina had done more to promote the
cause Of the Democracy. He had
worked hard in 1876, and as chairman
of the State executive committee he had
led the Democracy to signal victory in
1868. He would add dignity to the Office
Of Lieutenant. Governor, and with the
high sense of justice and marked ability
be possessed he would add honor to the
State and make competent presiding
officer of the Senate.
Mr.. Earle, of Sumter, seconded the
nomination.
Col. James II. Rion, of Fairfield, NOM
mated the Hon. T. B. Jeter, of Union.
He was q man whose services were too
we'll known to the State to need recount
ing. When the State was under the iron
heel of Republican despotism he stood
in the front rank of those who rescued
the State from Radicalism. Mr.. Jeter
had not sought the office, and he had
allowed his name to be used only after
the earnest solicitation of his friends.
he had already shown his ability as pre-
siding officer of the Senate, and after
August next would be acting Governor
of the State. He would have charge of
the State in what may turn out to be
stormy period, and while he needed no
incentive to do his duty, it was but right
that his effort should be inspired by pub
lie approval of his services.
Mr.. Ball, of Laurens, seconded the
nomination of Mr.. Jeter, and, on mo-
ton, nominations were closed.
The Chair ruled that a majority of the
whole number of the Convention would
be required to elect. The vote was uiua
rocc. and resulted as follows:
Whole number votes cast l47, neces.
sary to choice so, of which
J. D. Kennedy roceived......101