Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-06-10
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
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Nominations were closed, and the vote was
aken with the following result:

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Another vote was then had with the following
result:
LpscomD ....''...'on
Howard
Total vote cast..".... l45
Necessary to choice, ~.
There still being no election, another vote
was ordered. COL Howard being withdrawn
from the contest, this vote resulted:
Lpscomb. .........oZ
Necessary to choice, 80.
Col. r. NJ. Sims was, consequently, declared
duly nominated for the office of secretary OF
State.
On motion of Mr.. Livingston, of Oconee,
the nomination was then made unanimous.
Gen. w. L. T. Prince then nominated Col.
J. C. Colt for the office of comptroller-gen.
eral. This gentleman, he said possessed Pc
culiar fitness for the Office. He happily com
bined unassuming modesty with spotless in
tegrity and commanding ability. He was in
the highest degree capacitated to adorn any
office which the people might confer upon
him, and his vast experience in dealing with
the 6nancial affairs Of the State qualified him
eminently for the Office of comptroller gener-
al. On the field of battle he had stood by
the guns of his country with undaunted cour-
age and enduring devotion, and in the midst
of the perils which had encompassed the State
since the war, in the Legislature and out of
it, he had proved himself equal to any respon-
sibility which was imposed upon him. 1t
might be said truthfully that he had accom-
plished for the State in his omparatively
short service, more than most men accomplish
in lifetime. He hoped that the nomina-
tion would be by acclamation.
j. G. Sheppard, of Edge6eld, seconded the
nomination of Col. Colt, and there being no
opposition, he was unanimously nominated by
acclamation for the office of comptroller.gen'
eral
Mr.. George q. Brysn, of Charleston, then
nominated Col. Y. j. Pope, of Newberry, for
the office cf attorney general.
Mr.. George Johnstone expressed the graft
tude of Col. Pope for the honor which had
been done him, but announced that he had
been requested by that gentleman to say that
he was not candidate for the office.
Col. VIM. Elliott, of Beaufort, nominated
the, Hon. Leroy F. Youmans, the present
attorney. general of the State. 1t would be
useless, he said, to comment upon the great
ability and scholarly attainments of Leroy
F. Youmans, or to recount his distinguished
services to the State and to the Democratic
party. They were too we'll known through
out the length ant breadth of the State to
need repetition. H. felt free to say that no
attorney-general of S., 9TH Carolina, or Of any
other State, except the distinguished gentle.
man who had preceded him, had been called
upon to protect the interest of the State
under circumstances more arduous or more
responsible. In every county in the State,
in the campaigns of 1876 and 1878, his elo-
quent voice was heard pleading the cause of
the Democracy from the mountains to the
seaboard. The old county which proudly
claims him as one of her sons again presents
him to this Convention for its suffrages
Col. James H. Rion seconded the nomina-
ton, and on motion of Mr. w. M. Mucken-
fuss, of Charleston, Gen. Youmans was nom
mated unanimously by reclamation for the
position of attorney general.
Mr.. Cleveland, of Spartanburg, placed in
nomination the Hon. Hugh S. Thompson, of
Columbia, for the position of superintendent
of education, which office he now so accept
ably and efficiently fills. 1t would be use.
less he said, to comment upon the very high
qualification possessed by this gentleman for
the Office named. His past record was a
sufficient guarantee for his future conduct.
Gen. Darlington, of Greenvlle, and Dr..
Talley, of Columbia, seconded the nomina-
ton, and Maj. Thompson was unanimously
nominated by reclamation.
Mr.. George Johnstone, Of Newberry, rose,
he said, to nominate one Of the most distin.
guished soldiers and citizens of South Carroll
na for the position of adjutant and inspector
general-one, he said, whose life was ident-
fed with the military record of the State, and
whose country's history was written upon his
person. A gentleman whose virtues in pri
vate life were only equaled by his courage on
the field of battle. When quite young man,
on the bloody fields of Mexico, he displayed
heroism that was heralded throughout South
Carolina as one Of her proudest achievements
in the Mexican war. Returning to South
Carolina, his fellow-ctizens returned him as a
member of the Legislature There his abili
ty Immediately made itself felt, and he was at
once placed on commission to revise the mil
itary law of the State 1t is no detriment to
the others on that commission to say that he
exhibited in this field marked ability.
In 1860, when Continent trembed with
the war.like tread of 100000 men, he
sprang into the contest, and headed one of the
first regiments that went from South Carolina.
He participated in all the bloody scenes of the
Western army. and his gallantry upon the
field of Chickamauga can be pointed to by
his friends as one of the most brilliant pieces
of heroism of the war. On this bloody field
a large body Of the Confederate forces we're
commanded by him as brigadier general.
After the war he engaged in planting, and has
done much to promote the interests of the
agricultural classes in the lower counties.
He was in every way peculiarly fitted for the
position of Acknowledgement of the State.
He referred, he said, to Gen. Arthur NJ. Man
igault, of Georgetown.
Mr.. James Walsh seconded the nomination
Mr.. Massey of York, placed in nomination
Capt Wylie Jones, of Columbia, a young
man who would reflect he said, as much
credit upon the State as acknowledgement as he
he had reflected upon himself as commander
of the Governors Guards.
Mr.. Andrew Crawford, of Columbia, Sec
onded the nomination. Mr.. Jones, he said
was representative of the young men of
South Carolina, and his nomination would be