The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-09-21
VOLUME XVIII.---NO. 10.

| ',"S VIC .ehcIaDic "a. >. wallace and
other leading lights in the party wrcstled
with the excited throng who threatened
every minute to
LYNCH TIE CHAIRMAN.
FOR nearly ten long minutes the uproaS
continued and it was only by the most
earnest appeals from members that order
was restored
The chairman then apologized for
making his statement, and corrected h:r.
sell by saying that the rules of the party
alu not require majority vote of the
entire Convention but q plurality vote
and he, therefore, declared that Mackey
having received this vote was dulv elect.
ch chairman Of the State executive com.
mitlce. This announcement was recciy.
ell with tremendous cheers.
Brayton moved that the election ha
made unanimous, and tried to heal tho
| soreness IN his rivals by saying sweet
things about unity in the party. His
| motion was adopted, but his spcecb was
| not received with much enthusiasm, II
was evident to the Mackey men that Sam
Lee had tried to cheat them ont of Tho
election, and they would not be comfort.
ed. N''"'o''
Tom Miller, Of Beaufort, was ON mo.
ton OF Gen. Smalls elected vice.choir.
man.
On hlackey's motion Lee and SmalIs
were elected members of the committee
from the State at large, aud the Conyen.
lion then went into tho election Of three
members OF the executive COMMITTEES
from each of the old Congressional Dia.
tricts, as follows: First District. r.. b.
Johnston, Ii. l.. Shrewsbury, T.. II.
.JsHs Second nisirict, W. Il. Taft, ).
II: Livingston, James Singleton; Third
I,is'rict, II. II. Logan, +. +. Blodgett,
IL; w. Boone; Fourth District, A.
iS!ythe, &C. Macoy, S. +. Pointer; Fifth
L. G. Robertson.
Just at this point Taft introduced the
following resolution, which was nInntnd
r.. hcsolrcd by the Republicans of the
Stnte Of South Carolina, in Convention
assembled, That we cordially endorse the
Administration of
PRESIDENT ARTHUR
as emnently wise and truly Republican.
and We hereby pledge him our most earn.
est support.
"Notoriety" Billy Hayne, of Marion,
introduced fancily worded resolution
IN reference to the atrocious and barba.
rous custom Of lynching people without
que trial by law, and threatening retalia-
tion unless the brutal slaughter should
ccase," and appealing to tie Governor
ana 10 the attorney general of the Uni
ted States to intcrpose their authority
llo worked in tho Latin, "Lcr ioci. len
tdHonis," NIL the Latin he knew, no doubt,
nnd ant down, thinking he had done
something very smart.
Holland, of Aiken, said he didn't cx-
actiy know what the Latin meant, hut if
1t was proposed to retnliatc he could not
see the use of appealing to the Governor
and attorne general.
Smalls SAID: The only way we can
rctnliate is to leave"
llayne was called on BY tho chairman
to interpret his I.ntin, and with tho
spiteful remark that he had supposed the
gentleman could understand it, Withdrew
the resolution.
q. =. Robertson, very black negro
with a mouth like m ash hopper and 30
big. that it could not be made any larger
without moving his ears back, held the
iioor Tor more thar ten minutes, and was
then ruled down Dy the chairman. He
sot ms rev revenge, g however, by saying to
you have cut yourself out of our three
votes Tor Congress in the Seventh Dis.
| trict."
Townsend, of Chesterfield, introduced
resolution
| ENDORSING col. CASH
| for Congress in the Fifth District. Hol-
land objected, and thought that the Con-
Vcntion should be consistent. Having
endorsed the Greenbackers, it should 20
with them and 60 tho whole figure.
| Purvis made point of order that Cash
had nothing to do with the Greenback.
ers. HE is loyal independents Ma.
hone"
The matter was dropped, and the Con-
| Vention went into an election for tempo
rary chairman of each Congressional dis
| trict as follows:
First district, S. w. Mckinley, of Char.
lesion; Second Fred. Nix, OF Barn.
well Third Laurens Jones, of Ander.
son; Fourth. N. S. Shelton, Of Richland
Fifth, @. G. Macoy, Of Chester; Sixth, ii.
Alouzon, of Williamsburg. 1t was ex-
| pected hot fight would be made over
| the chairman for the Seventh district. but
Mackcy moved the following resolution,
which was adopted:
! Resoired. That the Congressional Con.
vention of the Seventh district shall be
held at Summerville on Thursday, the
2lst inst, at 10 A. NJ, and that for the
purpose of organizing the said Convention
Is. II. Williams is hereby designated rs
temporary congressional chairman.
| This resolution was agreed to by Smalls
and Lee, and it is thought that Mackey
has gained another point.
The following resolution was intro.
duced by f. II. Deas, Of Darlington, and
vas adopted by the Convention with loud
cheers:
Rcsoired, That this Convention endorse
the independent position of Col. f. 3. G..
Cash in his candidacy for Congress and
his efforts to secure free ballot and an
honest count, and we recommend him to
the favorable consideration of the Re-
publican voters of the Fifth!District.
The Convention then adjourned sine
| die.
! RATTL1NG FIRE
of sharp sayings was kept up for awhile
at the expense of Sam Lee, and after
calling for collection to pay the expen.
ses of the Convention the delegates rap.
Idly departed. Samuel Lees star was in
the ascendant yesterday, but it began to
wane to-day. He was badly worsted on
many points nv Aiackey, whose policy
has been to get Lee and Smalls to fight
ing each other. He succeeded in his
schemes when they were both nominated
for temporary chairman, and during the
two days of the Convention they have
frequently rubbed together. Mackey's
supporters are in high feather o.night