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

A1eIsIdhS ConyeEtion Finally Decides En
Favor OF ImEnediate Nominations.
The State Democratic Convention met
June Let, at l2 M, Ia the hall of the
houhe o9 Representative, and was called
TO order by Gen. jobs d. Kennedy,
chairman Of the State Demociatic Exec.
Atsve Committee. E
Col. J, III. Rion was elected temporary
porary Secretary.
Gen. A. O. Garlington moved that a
Committee on Credentials be appointed.
An amendment by Hon. J. g. 9hep-
pard was adopted to the effect that az
there Ters no contesting delegates one
member from each County. report the
delegation from his County !
The roll of Counties was then called
aDd the delegations reported accordingly.
The Chair then announced that alltte
Counties were fully represented except
On motion Of Mr.. Cellison. seconded
by Gov. Manning, the roll was then
called and all the Counties were fully
represented except that MIR. Hold, oi
Abbeville, was absent.
On motion of Mr. Sheppard the rules
OF the ,Heuse Of Representatives were
adopted for ne government Of the Con-
vention.
Hon. J. s. Cothran was then elected
permanent President by acclamation.
Hon. J. @. Sheppard, Hon. James
Conner and Hon. G. l.. Buist we're np-
pointed = committee to conduct the Pres
ident elect to the chair, and when thew
had performed that duty, Mr.. Cothran
spoke as follows: 9I1,.-
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: ]
thank you most heartily for the honor
conferred on me in calling me to preside
over your deliberations. This is a very
important assembly. see before me
now the men, brave and true, who have
carried the standards of the Democracy
of South Co.olina through its late mid.
eant. now see the same -aen who viii
carry it through the State t-iunlphant,
The task lies before you of discharging
IN the future as In the past your duty to
the State. It would not become me to
drill in the school of the soldier the vet.
Grams of two brilliant campaigns, nor
will attempt TO do so. But you will
paidon me If, whilst you know your duty,
l.give one word of admonition as to your
danger. hope you will appreciate the
danger which may lie before you. In
the full flower of success, which you
have, there is embedded the germ of de-
struction, it may be, which lies in the dis
cords and dissensions which may be
found in your midst. Let all paltry am
bitions be tssaished, and let the sons of
south Carolina .bo found now as they
have been. found in the past, united as
one man; standing shoulder TO shoulder
in the discharge of the great dutv that
iieg hefnre than TAoTiou,o ntL..
wise there is danger. Danger Of dimen.
sion--danger Of divisions. These things
go always with success. A party in the
minority is bonded and bound together
by every consideration. It is only when
victory comes that danger comes. And
without OBTAINING you further, let me In
woke upon the deliberations of this Con.
vention that unity which : trust will
characterize the acts of those of us who
will return to the country. And God
forbid that on the morning succeeding
tho election in November, and years and
years after That, that we should look
back upon that record of dissension and
defeat snd say as the great Bard cf Scot
land said, as standing on the last .of the
long line of the Cheviot hills. he looked
over tue field of Flodden, in bitter la
p,entation:
Another sight had seen that morn,
From Fate's dark book leaf been torn
And Flodden had been Bannockburn."
The Convention is ready for business.
The following officers were then elect
ed by acclamation: ~,s M
First Vice Prssident-James Aldrich.
Second Vice President--E NJ. Rucker.
Third Vice Preaident-W. @. Cleve-
land.
Fon.sh Vice President-W. A. Court
ney. .#fii}i3t {4yy
fifth vice preside,:a..@w <. w. Harlles.'
Secretaries-D. p. Duncan and J. A.
Simons.
Treasurer-B. B. Sans.
On motion of Mr. Simonton, seconded
by Mr.. Sheppard, the Convention recon-
sidered the vote whereby the rules of the
House were adopted, and the Convention
then adopted the rules adopted In 1876.
Mr.. Wm. Munro offered o resolution
tnaJ the Convention now proceed to nom.
inate Stata officers, and that the State
Executive Committee be instructed not
to open the campaign earlier than the
tirst week in September, and moved its
immediate consideration.
Mr.. Sheppard said that the resolution
ought to go before the Committee on
Resolutions, aud moved that the Conven-
tion take q recess for five minutes till
that committee could be appointed.
air. Munro said that the only ssesa-.
ment against nominating now is that it
will precipitate the campaign, anS the
resolution was framed TO meet that. &.
DR.. Talley made the point of order
that the resolutions must 90 before the
committee, and the Chair sustained the
point. 3,
The Convention then took q recess for
sye minutes sss= which which tt.hs tt.hs following following
Committee on Resolutions was reported
by the various delegations; sss.--e
Messrs.,J. @. Maxwell, II. J.. Davies,
e. B. Murray, CIV. M. Williams, Will.
liam Elliott, James Conner, j. 8. Will.
son, va W. Spencer j. Is. IindaII. M.
r. Howell, w @. Coker, J. O. Sheppard,
Charles G. Thomas, r. Dozier, E. H.
Fuller, O. j. @. Hutsoh. @. p. Quattle-
baum, J. d. Kennedy, J. B. Erwin, z.
w. Ball, w. r. Brooker, p. M. Hamer,
w. w. Hatalce, George Johnstone. 8. Y.
Stribling, James Z. Ialaf,. d. +. Bradley,
a. n. Tallsy, D. r. Duncan, }. d.
Banding, Wni. Munro, I. IL, Gilland !.
D. WitheEspoon. .i .i4
M. Mnnro's resolution was referred to
this Committee.
Gen. Harllee introduced resolution
20 the effect that the Convention recon,
mend to tho people of tho State to elecs
delegates to State Convention to nouni-
nate State officers and members Of Con.
s1ess an sli5 sa99tth OF August.
This resolution was also referred to the
committees.