Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-08-10

motion to con6ne delegates on all questions
to i've minutes, which was adopted.
Mr. Hamilton moved q committee of one
from each county to be appointed by the
Chair, to whom shall be referred the pre-
paration of a platform, and all resolutions
submitted routivo thereto, which was
adopted.
MIR. White, of Abbeville, presented reso~
lutioDs oondemning the act Of Congress in
dcposing tho Democratic members FROM
their seats, which wero referred to tho
Committee on Platform.
The President appointed the following
Committee on Platform aud Resolutions:
II. A. Cannon, II. j. Davis, DR.. II. A.
IIudgins, d. p. Sojourncr, S. G. Barnwell,
j. i. Mikell, w. Barnwel', S. p. Ham.
iIton, j. G.. Colt, j. j. Ingram, NJ. p.
Howell, S. A. Gregg, r. G. Bonham,
Henry 9. Davis, r.. NJ. Dozicr, It. Q. Dou-
aldson, G. N. Moore, G. z. Quattlebaun,
W. d. Trantham, Ira B. Jones, j. b.
llumbert, A. Minis, j. G. Blue, Q. S.
Mccall, Geo. S. Mower, Jos W. Sheor,
S. p. Dibble, II. A. Child, j. Q. Marshall,
G, Cannon, j. w. Hudson, D. p. Duncan,
S. NJ Giland, Allen Jones'
A resolution to change Article 7 of the
SoooShuitou VI Iuo pattJ sO tluI kuC ICpIC-
scntation to the Democratic Convention
should bo ono delegate from each three
hundred members on the roll Of each
Democratic club and one for every fraction
of three hundred was offered and referred
to the Committee on Platform.
At this stage of the proceedings several
Intellectual motions were made to adj ourn nr
recede from business until evening, the
convention evincipg a determination to
enter at once on the work of nominations
MIR. Crittcndcn moved to 20 into notni
nation for Governor, when the effort to
postpone was renewed and ogain defeated.
Mr.. Critteuden's motion was put and
carried.
MIR. Barker, of Charleston, nominated
Gen. John Bratton for Governor 10 on
eloquent speech and Mr.. Richard Dozior, of
Georgetown, seconded the nomination.
Gen. John d. Kennedy was nominated
by Mr.. Trantham, of Kcrshaw, and John
Moody Of Marion, seconded the nomina-
ton
Mr.. Mouldin, Of Grecnyillc, nominated
Col. Hugh S. Thompson, which was
seconded by Mr.. Knox Livingston, Of
Marlboro.
Mr.. Murray stated that he had been re-
qucsted by Colonel Thompson to state that
he was not q candidate before the convcn-
ton and did not wish to be SO regarded,
but Mr.. Murray went on to say that not
withstauding tue statement ho regarded it
perfectly competent for the convention, if
it is SO decided, to call any citizen to be
como tho STANDARD bearer of the party, and
he was sure that if it selected Colonel
Hugh S. Thompson for the position ho
would not shrink from tho duty imposed
On the first ballot tho vote stood as
follows: Whole votes cast 3l4, of which
Col. Thompson received IL, Gen. Ken
ncdy l07, Gen. Bratton 05. On the
second ballot Thompson received lat,
Kennedy 80, Bratton IS, necessary to
choice l57.
The friends of Gen. Bratton then with.
drew his name, and soon after Gen. Ken.
ncdy was withdrawn by his friends, and
Col. Thompson, Oh motion, was nominated
By acclamat:on.
On motion the convention then pro-
| cceded to the nomination of Lieutenant
| Governor, and on the first ballot Mr.. j. @.
Sheppard, of Edgefeld, was nominated.
The convention then took recess till 7
p. Nj.
EVENING SESSION.
On the reasscmbling cf the convention.
the committee who had been appointed to
wait on Hon. Hugh S. Thompson and i'm
| form him of his nomination appeared before
the convention and Mr. Livingstone in
brief speech, introduced Colonel Thomps
who addressed the convention in one of the
happiest off.hand speeches of his life. lie
said that the honor which tho convention
had conferred upon him had overwhelmed
him with sense of obligation, for it was as
unsupported as it was unsolicited. His
personal relations to the distinguished gen
tlemen who bad been before them had for
bidden his entertaining an idea of becom.
ing q candidate for tho position, and
although the mention of his name in that
connection was gratifying as an evidence of
tho Kindness and confidence of friends, he
had cherished on ambition to secure pre-
ferment in the line of his chosen profcs-
sion.
But tho State had called him to her
service and he could not disregard her voice.
IIo had laid aside his own wishes in the
matter and would, as an obedicnt sor,
accept tho obligation which she had laid
upon him.
He would take tho standard which tho
voico of the convention had placed in lis
hands, and, with the support which bo was
assured would be given him, he would lead
the whole people couindently to that vic.
tory which he felt awaited the Democratic
party in this campaign. He knew not what
tho platform of the party would be- but he