The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-09-21
FAIR DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF.
FICES

| am not willing to support the Green
hackers merely on their promise to d,
better, but we ought to endorse thei
State ticket upon the ground that the,
will give to us fair share of the count;
offices. Without this there is no reasoI
why we should go with them. Til,
Greenbackers in Sumter County ar,
growing. There is q split in the Demo
cratic party and talk Of an Independen
ticket. II the Greenbeckers and Repub
licans will 60 together We can elect two
Republicans and two Greenbackers tt
the Legislature. II we ask for nothing
we get nothing.
Ben Donaldson, of Grecnvillc, said
that the only salvation, the only hope OF
the Republicans in this State was to
unite with any faction that would defes,
Tie Democracy iii 1851 If No can win
in this election by combining with the
Greenbackers now, we can then make
STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN FIGHT
and run in everything from Governor to
Coroner. Let those who can win in the
Republican Counties go ahead and make
straight nominations, but if we endorse
the Greenback State ticket we will have
done Gil we can now accomplish.
negro from York, viewing the pres.
ent condition of the Republican party,
believed that it had no other hope except
In combining with some Independent
movement. The last Legislature liter.
ally disfranchised four fifths of the Re-
publican voters in the State, and let us
break down the Bourbon Democracy by
whatever means we can command. It
would be ncasa:ise FOR Republicans 70
put State ticket in the field, and if the
Grcenbackers will give us something /
am willing to 60 with them. They have
made fair promises of an economical, free
government and if they mean what they
say am willing to endorse their ticket
UNDER CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS.
We don't know but that they are
Straight-out Democrats, and should have
some proof of their real intentions. We
had almost rs good be in hell as under
present Democratic auspices" The
speaker then went into the Registration
law and declared that any man who had
been found guilty of stealing could not
vote. He would not be allowed to vote
even if he just wen; into cornfield and
took watermelon. Under such a con-
d'tion of things, although he did not wish
to enter
| iLEh tON SIEALING,
the delegate from York would lust rs
leave be in hell. "If," said he, Eve can't
help ourselves in one way let us help
ourselves in another"
The resolution to appoint a committee
OF conference was then adopted. The
following is the committee: II. l..
Shrewsbury, chairman, and Messrs. NV
ers, Holland, Deas, Colyer, Jacobs and
Macoy. The committee were instructed
to report at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing, to which hour the Convention Mt 10
O'Clock to. night adjourned Negotiations
have already been had with the Green
hackers and
| SATISFACTORY ARRANGEMENTS
will no doubt be made. The old party OF
plunder and the new party which wants
money and not honor" will 60 very we'll
together.
The Convention to-day, although very
noisy and bitterly divided on many minor
issues, was more intelligent and respect
able body than the mongrel mob which
met here on last Tuesday. 1t is said TO.
night that considerable money changed
hands among the delegates to-day, and
one report is that NIackey is one thousand
dollars out of pocket by his manipula-
tions of members. doubt it, don't be.
licHe he had thousand dollars.
Second Days Proceedings.
COLUMBIA, September l3.
The Republican State Convention met
this morning at halfpast 10 o'clock, and
was opened with prayer by G colored par.
son from Aiken County. Smalls rose to
O question of privilege as to the report OF
his speech in the Register, and declared
that he had not said that the Greenback
ticket was as strong as it could have been
made out of such poor material. The
hole through which the Reporter had
heard his speech had not been good
conductor in this case. He claimed thpl
the Greenback ticket was os strong as
they could have nominated and stronger
than the Democratic ticket, because the
Democratic ticket was machine ticket
and we intend to join with any party that
will repeal the Registration law and
other iniquitous legislation of the Demo,
Gratis. If the Greenbackers will do this
they are strong party and they have q
strong ticket. 1t is the strongest ticket
for the poor man.
A motion waa then made TO 60 into
secret session. A delegate from Charles
ton objected, because what the Conyen.
tion did in secret session last night was
known in the papers this morning, and
he wanted the people of the State to
know what was done and What the Re.
publicans intended to do.
Smalls objected, saying that the New,
and Courier some time ago stated that a
reporter was stationed in the ceiling and
always knew what was said as soon as il
was uttered. Continuing and pointing
TO the hole in the ceiling the sable Sene.
ca said: IL hab no doubt dat dat went
right froo dat hole into de reporters cal
and dat iie iab It down now. DeTe's &C
use trying to keep dem outer de Conven.
tion, deyle git it somehow. Dey git il
in Washinturn and dere's big hall dere
80 tight dat gnat can't git in, but dem
porters always hab watts goiu on. Dc
report OBJ last nights secret session did
not 60 froo dat hole, but dere was a hole
in some member oh dis Convention, and
its proceedings got into de papers"
Some further speaking occurred On the
motion to go into secret session, but final.
ly it prevailed. The Convention then
went into secret session, and all persons
not members retired from the half.
Shrewsbury, for the committee ap
pointed last night to confer with The
Greenback Executive Committee, re-
ported that after full interchange o
opinion it was unanimously decided by
the committee to recommend the endorse
ment of the independent State ticket
and that the committees Of conference
agreed upon all points. This endorse
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