The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-08-10
THE STATE CONVENTION.

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The late Democratic Convention which
assembled IN Columbia wa. the largest
dclibcroiiyc body ever convened by the
Dcmocracy Of South Carolina. 1t was
conpnscI ia Il vcrv large extent. Of
men disconnected from politics. only
fifteen or twenty member. on, of the
three hundred and sixteen being mem
hers ,I the Lrri,lu,,rc. and pcrbapg not
more than fifty or six,y Of them being
q, all actively engaged in noiilicul life.
This feature of the Convention made it
more or = representative of the real feel.
mas and ,urnn<cs of ti,r ,coplc than
,.o,,lL me sc,,r.I hy , GATHERING entirely
,r r,,;,;,;,n. |, was an in,rlliyent
L,Lv ni faithful representatives whu
,e.m.d from frs, - l..t earnca,lv IN ,I..
Sire tint the result. whutcvcr it miuht be,
,ho,,,d be shHpcd entirely for the good OF
south Carolina and Of the Democratic
p,r,v The Convention had no unk;nd.
ncs, in feeling or cxprc.sion for any
gentleman whose name was mentioned
for public Office, and a, each position
rnn,c mn TO be filled, the members voted
for The man they believed best qualified
that after each nomination the friends
nr the defeated candidates voted cheer
fully 10 make the nomination unani.
nous. There il not II man on the whole
ticket that q single member Of the Con.
convention objected to give II cheerful
and hearty support. The all absorbing
and interesting contest i'm the Convention
was over the govcrnurship. For months
past there have been murnuriugs in ull
rarts Of the State against the nomination
Of either Gen. Kennedy or Gen. Bratton,
the recognized candidates for the posi-.
tion. but there was no indication of II
concentration Of the opposing forces,
and up TO the mornin. of the Convention
it was generally believed that the result
would be an election of one or the other
Of the gentlemen named on first ballot.
This feeling was SC general and appa-
rently well founded that even the .Ncws
oal Courier, with its great penetration
into political secrets, was ior once dc.
ceiyel so far a. to announce on the morn.
ing of the nomination that there was no
chance for any third man. On arriving
in Columbia however, the advocate. of n
new man went to work to secure unity
Of action. The names of number of
rentlemen were mentioned, and after
mak;u.. the round Of the CcnYcntio,. in
quiet way it WAS found that Col. Hugh
s Thomnson was tho ono available man
upon whom nll of the advocates of Il
third man could unite. Hence on the
following morning III n conference of the
Anderson and Oconee delegations. it was
agreed TO nominate Col. THOMPSON.
Ahout The same time two or three of the
p.c Dee DELEGATIONS met and came TO
tho snme conclusion. During the two
or three hours before the meeting of the
Convention on Tuesday, the new move.
mrnt was thoroughly prcpared. and
when The Convention met the friends of
both the recopnized candidates, and a
norton of tho opposition. voted to bring
ON the nominations Immediately after
organizing. The nominations Of Gen.
Kennedy and Gen. Brattou were each
received with hearty applause, but when
the name of Col. Thompson was an.
nouuced the widest enthusiasm pre.
vailed and il WAS evident that it only
rsouired few ballots Mt most to elect
him. lie lead from the first, and as the
r.sult Of each ballot was announced. the
c,eerinp and applause for Thompson
grew greater until the other candidates