The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-09

County of Marlboro, and it is by de-
tailed warfare of this kind that we can
hope to succeed. At the proper time we
can rush down upon them like an ava
lanche and wrest the control of the State
from their grasp. But now is not the
time. We believe it unwise
to run State ticket, and we advise that
we should put upon orr electoral ticket
our best material and centre all our
efforts and forces upon the success of that,
and when we have done that we shall
demonstrate as fully that we are alive as
a party as if we ran State ticket, and
we will avoid heart-burnings and disap-
pointments.
The white Republicans of the State,
he said, had been severely arraigned and
accused of cowardice in the time Of trou.
BILE, and that they were opposed to the
State ticket because they were all Fedc-
raj oficeholders. This was unjust. The
white men by their presence showed
their fidelity to the party, and would not
shirk danger if they saw that any good
could come out of it.
Elliott's speech was delivered in his
best style, and its effect upon the Con-
vention was Immediately observable.
Taft said that he had been in favor of
State nominations, but since he had heard
Elliot he had changed his mind. AS
fools never changed their minds, the re-
marks he would make would not be ad-
dressed to that class of bis audience.
The situation in South Carolina had
materially changed in week. We find
ourselves confronting an enemy who will
stop at nothing, and yet we want to 60
forth to meet them with an army which
is so weak that it will fall to pieces of its
own weight. Talk about running such
ticket as this committee has presented.
It would be sheer nonsense. I, for one,
couldn't support it. Who ever heard Of
Gilbert before? Warren Marshall is an.
other nice man to put up as Attorney
General "a man who was driven out of
the County of Fairfield by the Republican
party in 1876. He Taft was never in
favor of Sinking danger when anything
was to be gained by it, but he considered
it his first duty to do the best thing that
could be done for the party. He was
unwilling to support the ticket before the
Convention. 1t was not ticket that he
could 60 before the people of South Car
olina and tell them to vote for at all
hazards.
Myers, of the majority Of the committee
who had made nominations, said the
committee had done the best they could
and he didn't think they should be
blamed for not being able to get up
better ticket.
Taft disclaimcd any intention of re-
hecting on the committee. 1t was, he
felt assured, no fault of the committee,
but the fault of the material they had to
deal with. Good men who would consent
to run were not to be found in the State.
The Charleston convention had instructed
its delegates to vote forState nominations.
But certain things had transpired since
then which changed the situation mate
rally. 1t might not be popular to tell
the plain truth, but come what may he
intended to say what he thought best for
the party. Ifa ticket of good character
that could be consistently voted for by
the Republicans of the State could be
put up he would say, put it up. But no
such ticket had been put up. As for
breaking up the organization of the party
he didn't think the failure to run State
ticket would have any effect whatever.
Thos. E. Miller, one of the committee
who had made the nominations, and the
candidate for Lieutenant Governor on
the ticket himself, said the committee
had looked everywhere for good men,
but had been unable to do any better
than they had. Being on the ticket, he
spoke with some delicacy, but could not
refrain from saying that it was not
proper ticket to put before the people.
It was impossible to secure proper ticket,
because the leaders of the party wouldn't
have anything to do with the ticket. He
had asked Johnston if he would run for
Comptroller General or Adjutant, and he
had refused. He was now informed that
Mr.. Johnston was candidate for Gov.
ernor. He had asked Simeon Corley to
run for State Treasurer, but he declined.
He had come to the conclusion that un-
less they could get better ticket it would
be q great calamity to make the fight.
Warren R. Marshall, he had learned re-
Gently, had been advocating white Re-
publican ticket, which was enough to kill
him in the eyes of the colored voters of
the State. Miller then made q slap at
Straker, saying that that worthy's oppo-
sition to the ticket was plainly the result
of disappointment at not being placed
upon it himself. If the Convention was
bent on having ticket, he was in favor
of nominating Samuel Melton for Gov
ernor, with a ticket of their best men,
and leaving to them the responsibility of
running or not. This was no time to
nominate ticket which could so easily
be picked to pieces. Marshall wa, more
than he could stand. 1t would be better
10 wait until after the elections in Maine,
Ohio and Indiana than to put such 8
ticket rs that in the field.
Absalom Blythe, of Greenville, said
that those who should be the leaders at
this time were not to be found. The
minority, who had opposed making nom-
nations, had been so willing to yield to
the majority, that they had said if you
will give us good ticket we will support
it. But when the committee brought out
such ticket, even those on the other
side were compelled to say they couldn't
swallow it.
Another delegate moved as a substitute
that the two reports be referred to the
State executive committee for their ac-
ton with power, if they saw fit, to put
ticket in the field at some later day, and
q vote was taken on the motion resulting,
yeas Al, nays a, and motion to recon-
slider and lay the motion to reconsider on
the table was then adopted by vote of
IS to As.
Immediately upon the declaration of
the vote, several of the delegates, who
had violently favored State nominations,
moved an adjournment sine die, but this
vote was lost by small majority.
The committee appointed to suggest
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