Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-06-10
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From the News and Courier.
STATEDEMOcRATIC CONVENTION.

State Democratic Convention which assembled
to-day, being as large, in point of numbers, as
the Senate and House of Representatives com
bined quite filled the hall Of the Representa-
tives. The proceedings were marked through
out by order and decorum, afording striking
contrast to the Radical Convention, which so
nearly ended in free fight, on the 18th OF
April last All Of the counties, with one ex-
ception, were fully represented upon the floor.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION.
Precisely at 12 NJ. Gen. J. D. Kennedy, the
chairman of the State Executive Committee,
called the Convention to order as prescribed
by the Constitution of the Democratic party,
and nominated Col. James H. Rion, Of Fair
field, for temporary chairman and James Al
drich, Esq, as temporary secretary OF the
Convention. These nominations were adopt
ed without opposition. =,
Gen. A. G. Darlington, of Greenville, moved
that committee of five be appointed on Gre
dentials.
Mr.. j. c. Sheppard, of Edge6eld moved as
a substitute that as there we're no contesting
delegations, the roll of counties be called, and
the credentials handed to the secretary.
Adopted.
The roll being called the delegates answer
ed to their names.
Mr.. A. H. Mowry was substituted for Mr..
G. w. McIver, in the Charleston delegation,
and P. M. Hamer for P. NJ. Heller, in the
Marlboro delegation.
Upon motion of Mr.. J.. G. Sheppard, the
rules of the House of Representatives we're
adopted as the rules for the government of
the Convention.
Gen. James Conner, ]. G. Sheppard, Col.
G. H. Simonton, Major G. Lamb Buist and
COL j. S. Cothran, of Abbeville, were nomi-
mated for the position of permanent chairman
of the Convention. Messrs. Conner, Shep-
pard Simouton and Buist all declined in ia
vor of COL Cothran, who was unanimously
elected.
COL Cothran was escorted to the chair by a
committee consisting of Messrs. Simonton,
Buist and Sheppard, and, on assuming the
Presidency Of the Convention, spoke as tol.
lows:
Gentlemen Of. the Convsation thank you
most heartily for the honor you have con-
ferred upon me by calling upon me to pre-
side over the deliberations Of this body.
This is an important assemblage. see before
me now the men brave and true who have
carried the standard of Democracy through
its state militant. I now see the same men
who will again carry it through the state
triumphant The task lies before you of dis
charging in the future as you have done in
the past your duty to the State. 1t would
not become me TO drill in the school of the
soldier the veterans of two brilliant cam
paigns, nor will attempt to do so. But you
II tbot
know your duty, one word of admonition may
be permitted as to your danger. Your duty
you understand, and I hope you will appre-
ciate the danger which may lie before you.
In the full flower of success which you have
achieved there may be imbedded germ Of
destruction which lies in discords and dissen
sions, which may be found in your midst.
Let all petty ambitions, all paltry jealouses
be banished, and let the sons of South Caro-
lima be even now, as in the past, united as
one man, standing shoulder to shoulder III
discharge of the whole duty that lies before
them. Otherwise there is danger Of dissen-
sion and danger of division. These evils al
ways come in the train of success. The party
in the minority is bound together by the
strongest ties. They are united by every con
sideration. 1t is only when power comes
that danger comes. And, gentlemen, without
OBTAINING you further, let me invoke upon
the deliberations of this Convention unity
aud harmony. And God forbid that on the
morning succeeding the election in Novem
Der next, and for years and years afterwards,
that we should look back upon that day with
regret-that we should look back upon this
campaign with regret and, as did the Bard of
Scotland, when standing on the last OF the
long line of the Cheviot Hills, he looked over
the field of Flodden, say with wall of
despair:
s'Another sight had seen that morn
From Fate's dark book a leaf been torn,
And Fodden had been Bannockburn."
The following gentlemen were then elected
vice. presidents from each Congressional
district James Aldrich, of Aiken; E. M.
Rucker, of Anderson; j. W. Gray, of Green
vile; w. A. Courtenay, of Charleston and
w. w. Harllee, of Marion.
Messrs. j. Ancrum Simons of Charleston,
and D. P. Duncan, of Union, were elected
secretaries. Mr.. B. B. Sans, Of Beaufort, was
elected treasurer.
On motion of COL simonton the adoption
of the rules of the House of Representatives
by the Convention was reconsdered, and a
set of rules more simple and more adapted
to the needs of the Convention, were offered
and adopted.
Mr.. VIM. Munro of Union, offered the
following resolution:
Resolued That this Convention do now proceed
to nominate candidates for State officers, and the
State Executive Committee be and they are here
by instructed that the State canvass shall not be
opened earlier than the first week i'll September
next
This question had been so thoroughly ven
tilated in the newspapers, he said, that he
did not desire to make an argument The
single argument advanced against making
the nominations for State officers now was
that it would precipitate the State campaign.
1t would, in his opinion, have a contrary
effect, but in case those favoring early nomi-
nations should be mistaken in this regard,
the resolution had been framed to meet that
objection He. therefore, asked the immedi-
ate consideration of the resolution.
Mr. j. G. Sheppard claimed that under the
rules this resolution must be referred to the
committee on resolutions, and moved that a
recess Of five minutes be taken for the pur-
pose of selecting that committee.
Mr.. John B. Cleveland moved that the
rules be suspended and that the resolution be
considered at once.
The Chair ruled that the motion to take a
recess and elect a committee on resolutions
had precedence, and the Convention accord
ingly took recess of FIVE minutes and elected
the following committee on resolutions:
Abbeville, J. G.. Maxwell Aiken, I. j.
Davies. Anderson. E. B. Murray Barnwell