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

Gen. Conner and other Representative
Men-The Convention Finally Decides in
Favor OF Immediate Nominations.
The State Democratic Convention met
June LIST, at IL M, in the hall of the
House of Representatives, and was called
to order. by Gen. John D.. Kennedy,
Chairman Of the State Democratic Exec
utive Committee. .s
Col. ]. 81. Rion was elected temporary
Chairman and Mr.. James Aldrich tenn
porary Secretary.
Gen. A. @. Darlington moved that a
Committee on Credentials be appointed.
An amendment by Hon. j. G, Shep-
pard was adopted to the effect that as
there were no contesting delegates one
member from each County report the
delegation from his County
The roll of Counties was then called
and the delegations reported accordingly.
The Chair then announced that all the
Counties were fully represented except
one.
On motion of Mr.. Callisou, seconded
by Gov. Manning, the roll was then
called and all the Counties were fully
represented except that Mr.. Hood, Of
Abbeville, was absent.
On motion of Mr.. Sheppard the rules
Of the House Of Representatives were
adopted for the government of the Con-
yention.
Hon. J. S. Cothran was then elected
permanent President by acclamation.
Hon. J. G. Sheppard, Hon. James
Conner and Hon. G. L. Buist were ap-
pointed q committee to conduct the Pres
ident elect to the chair, and when they
had performed that duty, Mr.. Cothran
spoke as follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: I
thank you most heartily for the honor
conferred on me in calling me to preside
over your deliberations. This is a very
important assembly. I see before me
now the men, brave and true, who have
carried the standards of the Democracy
of South Carolina through its late mill
tant. now see the same men who will
carry it through the State triumphant.
The task lice before you of discharging
in the future as In the past your duty to
the State. 1t would not become me to
drill in the school of the soldier the vet
erans of two brilliant campaigns, nor
will T attempt to do so. But you will
pardon me if, whilst you know your duty,
L give one word of admonition as to your
danger. I 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 she dis
cords and dissensions which may be
found in your midst. Let ell paltry am
bitions be banished, and let the sons of
South Carolina -be found now as they
have been. found in the past, united as
one man, standing shoulder to shoulder
in the discharge of the great duty that
lies before them. Applause. Other
wise there is danger, danger Of dimen.
siou-danger of divisions. These things
20 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
the election in November, and years and
years after that, that We should look
back upon that record of dissension and
defeat and say as the great Bard of 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
mentation:
"Another sight had seen that morn,
From Fate's dark book q leaf been torn
And Flodden had been Bannockburn."
The Convention is ready for business.
The following officers were then elect
ed by acclamation:
First Vice President-James Aldrich.
Second Vice President-E. NJ. Rucker.
Third Vice President-W. e. Cleve-
land.
Fonrth Vice President-W. A. Court.
Fifth Vice President-W. w. Harllee.
Secretaries-D. P. Duncan and ]. 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. VIM. Munro offered resolution
that the Convention now proceed to NOM
mate State officers, and that the State
Executive Committee be instructed not
to open the campaign earlier than the
first week in September, and moved its
immediate consideration.
Mr.. Sheppard said that the resolution
ought to 20 before the Committee on
Resolutions, and moved that the Conven-
tion take recess for FIVE minutes till
that committee could be appointed.
Mr.. Munro said that the only argu-
ment against nominating now is that it
will precipitate the campaign, and the
resolution was framed to meet that.
DR.. Talley made the point of order
that the resolutions must 60 before the
committee, and the Chair sustained the
point.
The Convention then took recess for
Ave minutes, after which tue following
Committee on Resolutions was reported
by the various delegations:
MSSSlS. q. ~. A1dAWell, i. y. AdFlCo,
E. B. Murray, G. w. N. Williams, Will
liam Elliott, James Conner, J. S. Will.
son, w. w. Spencer, j. E. Tindall, NJ.
R. Howell, w. G. Coker, j. G. Sheppard,
Charles G. Thomas, R. Dozier, F. II.
Fuller, G. J. G. Hutson, c. P. Quattle-
baum, J. D. Kennedy, J. B. Erwin, B.
w. Ball, W. T. Brooker, P. M. Hamer,
w. w. Harllee, George Johnstone, S. Y.
Stribling, James F. Izlar, D. F. Bradley,
A. N. Talley, D. r. Duncan, J. D.
Blanding, VIM. Munro, T. NJ. Gilland, I.
d. Witherspoon.
Mr. Munro's resolution was referred to
this committee.
Gen. Harllee introduced resolution
to the effect that the Convention recon-
mend to the people of the State to elect
delegates to State Convention to nomi.
nate State officers and members of Con-
gress on the 10th of August.