The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-09-21
A PERFECT rASpEMoN1vM

; -. N" ~" " ut!fe tue team. Ills
rulings were exactly suited to his pur
poses, and as Ben Donaldson, of Green.
vile, declared in his wrath, when VIC
vote yes we say no, and when we vote nc
We say yes. The majority report which
Teton was finally adopted. and the PicE.
ems and Union delegations, to which ex.
Ception had been made, were also seated
So much disgruntled were the opponent,
ot this action that at almost every vote
| division was demanded, and angry
shouts were heard all over the hall mov.
ing for an adjournment After the ere.
dentals of delegates had been very un.
satisfactorily settled, Deas, of Darling.
ton, moved that the temporary orpaniza.
ton be declared the permanent organiza.
tioH, aHa :cok Tic CHAIR &c ~. .ba me-
ton. Just as he WAS about to declare
Lee elected. black Ben Donaldson took
the floor, and for the space of five min.
utes fairly frothed at the mouth, so ter.
rlbly WAS he exercised at the tyranny OF
the Chair. He declared that he was
NOT FROM A SWAMP,
that he was South Carolinian by birth.
and dared Deas and his damnable ring
to try to gag him. lie then nominated
for permanent chairman ii. w. Purvis,
OF Charleston, asserting that Purvis,
whether he agreed with delegate or
not, could be fair in his rulings, char
acteristic that Lee did not in any way
possess.
Tom Miller seconded the nomination
OF Purvis, making very fierce speech
and denonncing Lee for the partia! way
in which he had presided over the Con-
vention.
Purvis declined the nomination, ma.
King contemptuous remarks about the
Convention and metaphorically washing
his hands Of so vile a concern. Deas
then put the motion to make the tempo.
-sry "rggan nization permanent, and, with
out calling for the nays, declared that
the Hon. Samuel Lee had been elected
president Of the Convention. This de.
claration was objected TO, but Deas knew
his business and did it. So indignant
were Lees opponents that motions for n
final adjournment came from all parts of
the House, but Samuel ascendcd the
speakers stand with q smile of sardonic
satisfaction on his expressive features,
and, after many raps with his gavel,
thanked the Convention for tha, high
honor it had conferred upon him. SYhiis
he vas spenking
AN lSDEscRIDADLE SCENE OF co,tFu.
SION
prevailed in the House, and the jistin-
guished speaker was greeted with Sinapy
jeers and jests from his defeatedGrivals.
On motion of Taft the rules Of the
House of Representatives were adopted
and committee on rules, with Taft as
chairman, was appointed. On motion of
T.. w. Nj. Mackey the Convention then
went into
SECRET r':SsIoN
to discuss the state of affairs in South
Carolina.
After repeated instructions from the
chairnisn the sergeant-at arms succeeded
IL clearing the hall Of obnoxious per-
sons, and the Convention proceeded to
discuss the consideration of things in
South Carolina. The secretary read a
resolution "That this convention endorse
the ''Greenback Labor Reform and
Peoples State ticket"
Shrewsbury, of Chesterfield, moved ~
substitute that committee of seven
be appointed on the part of this Con-
vention TO confer with a like committee
of the Independent party as TO the ticket
they have nominated, and other matters
of interest that may come up for consid-
Grafton. lie stated that the Greenback-
ers had already appointed a committee
who were ready to confer.
Smalls thought it would be better to
discuss the situation before adopting the
resolution. He wanted to hear from
members from each county in the State
as to the probability of success of the
Greenbnck party in the State. He said
"In Beaufort County there is not n
Greenbacker who can be of any help 10
us, but we intend to elect straightout
Republican ticket, as we have always
done since 1868. We can do nothing in
the State, however, unless we endorse
the Greenback ticket. 1 want to kn "
whether the Greenbackers have really
any following, and if we 60 with them
whether our votes shall be counted. /,
is the
POLICY OF THE PRESIDENT
of the United States to have us support
this movement, and to do whatever we
can by combinations and Republican
unity on this score to defeat the Demo.
Gratis. We are assured of the fullest
| support of the Administration, and i:
we 20 in with the Greenbackers we will
be doing just what the President wants
us to do. have heard that the Greenback.
| ers have put up very weak ticket, and
| although it is not as strong as we would
like to have it, it is just as strong tick
ct as we could get from them. II
McI.ane had been nominated by the
Democrats they would say that he Yves
just as strong as Thompson, and if we
can be benefited by Grecnbackers 1 am
| willing to go with them.
LET US TAKE THEIR TICKET
! and see what we can make out of it. II
is proper to cali OH every county repre-.
! scented ;a this Convention and see wheti,-
er any thing can be done with this mos*
ment. We cannot elect a Republican
ticket, but by combining with the Green
hackers Te may be able to effect some
thing"
While speaking Smalls said that al.
though the Convention was in secret
session he had no doubt there was some
ea.hole, and that his views would be
published in the papers.
Brooks, the Camden postmaster, said
that two years ago the Republicans in
Kershaw County found it necessary to &c
with the Greenbackers: We can't sue
ceed with straight Republican ticket
and without union with the Greenback.
ers and Independents we have no hope
for anything. In this alliance lies the
only hope for the colored men Of the
State and for the whole people. 1t is
the entering wedge and we must put all
| our force behind it to drive it through
| to success. He closed with q tribute Ia