The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-05-06
1Conden,cd from. the Ners aud c5,.rter
CoLUnBIA. &. O. Anil /.

NC htpuUlfCBn Eotit0 convention met
in the Hall of Representatives at noo,,
to-day, and was called to order by r. b.
Elliott. the Chairman Of the Stale Exec
utive Committee.
Z; w N. Mackey Of Charleston. p.
Hayne of Marion, and Kobt. en,alls Of
Beaufort, were .pfoposed for the position
of Temporary chairman: Smalls, Hayne
and Mccall declined the nomination in
favor OF Mackey, who wLs elected tenn
p:ornry chairman as per pfogfamine .pro-
yiously agreed upon. Harry Noah was
then elected Temporary secretary.
A committee on credentials, viii June
Mobley, Of Union, as chairman, was next
appointed, and after adopting the rules
OF the House of Representatives as the
! rules cf The Convention, an adiournnicnt
until 2:S0 p. m. was agreed to.
The Convention consists of eiRhty.two
negroes and thirty.six whites. The
Counties Of Lexington and Horny failed
TO send delegates, and there we're some
absentees fiom other counties. or the
| negroes nearly phe.thlrd appear In the
fraud committee's fecoft as thieves and
bribe-takefs, and tie white delegates.
with scarcely an exception, either are, or
haye been land hope 10 be) Federal
oficeholders. In addition TO tho dele
gates, there 10 sf,ull army of hahgers.
on who have bwarned in the lobbies all
day. The doughnut stands, which have
been conspicuously absent from the State
House for some years, re.appeared TO
make the picture complete.
As an evidence of how Mr. Hayes
civil service reform works in this State,
note the presence in the Convention of
nineteen ofice-holders in the revenue,
customs and postoillce departments, and
besides this number there were several
United States officials dodging around
the lobbies and through the aisles OF the
hall looking after their interests. Tho
authorities In Washington may want to
know the names of some of these officials
who have thus violated special order
Number !, which positively forbids any
rarsnn holding Office Under the United
States Government from taking an active
part In any political movement.
From the revenue department there
are in the Convention E. NJ. Brayton,
collector, @. p. Kirkland, special deputy
collector, N. T. Meyers, olerk in Internal
revenue Office, w. Kennedy, John P.
Scruggs, III. w. Hendricks, Fl. H. Jill
son and @. N. Cummings, deputy reve-
nue collectors. From the customs de.
PsTtnent are, R. B.. Elliott, Robert
Smalls, Garrett Byrns, w. II. B;rnie, P.
Gcegorie, II. A. Hayne and j. w. Smith.
From the poatohlce department lhefe are
Fred Nix and e. A. Webster. From the
Judiciary department there are e. w. M.
Mackey, w. j. Mixson and Absalom
Blyth. ~
After some few changes were made in
tho delegates. from somo Of the cn.nties,
on account of soii,e of the delegates be.
ing absent, Shrewsbury, from Fairfield, O
uhulatto who formerly held the position
of confidential clerk of Woodruff and
Jones'. and assisted in making up the
johrns's Of the House in the years Of
good .sealing, created q sensation hv
offering the following reso,Ition':
-lft5ofred, That the delegates to repre-.
sent the State of South Carolina In the
National Republican Convention TO NOM
mate candidates for the Offices Of Preai-
dent and Vice President of the United
States are hereby instructed and solemn.
ly pledged to vote as a unit to the end of
tho contest for the world-renovned and
most available of all candidates-Gen
q, 8. Grant, and that upon all questions
of import, arising in said convention,
they are earnestly recommended to vote
in, like manner TO the end that the true
interests of the constituency that they
represent may be subseEved. ib
He asked tho immediate consideration
of the resolution. sfsa
Elliott objected and demanded that It
be referred under the rules to the com.
mitsee on resolutions. $50, z, ri.8
1i Whipper excitedly declared that the
resolution could not be referred 20 the
committee on resolutions because no such
committee had been appointed.
Mackey from the Chair declared that
rules for the appointment Of such com.
mittee had been ad, pted, and that the /
resolution could properly be referredt to
the committee when appointed. a5ts
Whipper rnshed half way 90 sle chair.
mans desk, and exetedly declared that
while the friends Of GRAFT Wera Nilliue
to abide by any fair means. theY WAuld
not submit to be choked or tronipled
upon, and they had rightB as we'll as the
chair, and they proposed % assert tllen!I
He demanded the immediate considera-
tion of the resolution, 8 si,sif Z Il
The chair. decided that the resolution
must be referred unless by unanimous
Shrewsbury appcalsa from the decision
of the chair.
Mackey then tried the plan of soothing
matters by soft words. He said he only
desired to do what was fair, but was com.
pelled 70 act aceerding 20 tho rules which
had been adopted.
Smalls then moved that the rules be
suspended by Wo-thirds vote, and that
ehe resolution be prs On its passags,
This was agreed to yeas 88, nays %.
Tho resolution WAS then adopted with
QUE further fight ghis waa virtually d
tess of the strength of the Grant mon Ia
the Convention. Tho point of Instruct,
Ing the delegates was one. over which :.
big hght was expepled, but nos expected.
ut the timA ik iyAS spTuntg, Il s tslsais s. =
iShrswsbi.sy than q iIhFed tl,e FOLLOWING:
resolution, which Wss aadopted without,
debate sssss. 90
Resoieed, By the Republicans OF South
Carolina In cnnsenti tion asaena bIei.. TINT
pc regard the qas sardly, Hendisll outrage
perpe etFated upon 20 TepEesenta tive Of.
South Carol lEng IN the M aties,sl lieafyI
ACADEMY at tYess Point. In tne, .perEonl
of cadet i ioht,son SV attn Eel, Is . shame.
aud Slisgraes 70 tho q silization Of an en-
must iofeveF FelpsIA 8 HEain nip5n iilc 6
cute lieou tlti % 0ysa by the ssSilk pun.
sishmert 07 the hFsta nesDetyntofa OF ihsr
heinuns cfiiiis, Z = Z s.
Res5i esd flsFtlhs ses, That the heartfelt SYM
batliy and e0Rdo dolenSa of this Convention
fs harehy tehdeged To- "a vic igifsed cadet,
and that d copy OF theae reROlii tiOns he
sent tc D sf. 5ahesons M as ksr BY the
aecre afy OF this Co1Y est Ion. y "a