The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-11-02
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION.
Darkness UnreIieyed-A Squabbe Over
Nominating County Ticket-No
Ticket Nominated.

! publican party WAS held oaluTuaE, Aolil
ultimo, in the Hoge School House.
There were sixty delegates present. all
colored. There was no representation
: from No. 2, No. 10 and No. II Town
ships. The HERALD representative was
; the only white person present.
, County Chairman Kennedy called
the body to order at p. A., and stated
the object of the meeting to be to decide
! whether County ticket should be nom
mated, and to nominate y ticket if ii
was thought best to do so.
/ d. II. Mafett nominated P. ". Daw-
kins as temporary Chairman and 9. w.
Whitmire and Jesse Brooks as tempo
rary Secretaries; and they were elected.
4 committee on credentials was ap-
pointed, consisting of B. W. Nance,
Balam Glenn, D. F. LyleS, Jordan Ga
~, A. W. Longshore, Carolinus Sim
mons, J. B. Boozcr and Silas Dawkins.
There were no corteSting delegations; !;
and the roll-call showed that about one
third of the delegates had stayed at
, home
Munson Long moved that the Con-
vention hear from the delegates as to
their views in reference 10 nominating
Il ticket-adopted; and Baruch Boyd
was called upon. Boyd said he didn't
want so much talk. but more secrecy.
James A. Henderson WAS called on.
lie said that the Convention kept too
much noise to attend to business; that
he had been q member of 4 body Of l3O
men. where one nan spoke at time
and the rest kept quiet and listened to
him. Long, interrupting.J ltcouldnt
have been when you were in the Legs
latule.
B.R. Wilson was next called upon.
He said: Looking at our Situation on
Il broad scale, my view is, l don't see
achere 1t IS aaay asse to make q ticket" !"
TBoyd, interrupting] ]-What are your
reasons? We've got a majority; and
do you think that Mr.. Culbreath and
Nj. Goggans and Mr.. Mower and those
other men will appoint such persons as
Managers as will cheat US out Of the
election? (Wilson continning) I'm
not here to discuss that" Boyd insisted
or an answer, but didn't get it.
D. H. Maftett was called Oh for his
views. He said: Nominate tickct2
Of course we should. I favor nomina-
tons, 1st, because The republican party
has the. majority in the County, End,
because it is necessary in order to pre-
serve our organization, Sd, if we make
no nominations it will be said that we
endorse the democratic ticket, 4tb, be-
cause the republican party has planted
itself upon principles that are true, 9TH,
if we make no opposition and remain
quiet the local newspapers will repre-
sent that the negroes are in favor OF
democratic rule. ! do not favor the
democratic party-the party that ex-
cludes the negroes from the iury-box;
that by an iniquitous Registration Law
disfranchises 10000 negroes; that by
the Stock Law has deprived the colored
people of nearly all their COWS and hogs;
thst by Lien Law makes the colored
people pay IS per cent. interest. when
the legal rate is only 7. I am opposed
to the democratic party because it is
CON posed of set of bull-dozers who
will not allow the negroes the privilege
of voting or count their ballots after
they are voted. You know how tie
colored people were treated AZ the bal
lot-box in 1880; how they were abused !;
what little boys not IS years old did to
old, gray-haired men when they went
up to vote; and these little boys were
the minions and proteges of the demo-
cratic party, SEM iheTe for that purpose,
and to annoy the colored voters. The
Jury that meets at the Conrt House next
week hasn't & colored man on it-tbat's
democratic rule. There is not a colored
man here but who, if be has the man
hood to expresg himself, will say, put
forth ticket. We shall be false t. ou-
trusts and false to the expectations Of
the republican party if we do not.
D. II. Mafett moved that the tempo
rary officers be made the permanent
officers of the Convention. Nuns.
Long mozs5 % table the motion. The
aves and noes were called apd resulted
ayes "a, noes 81.
Mafett moved that the proceedings
be opened with prayer by Rev. Jocl-
adopted. At this juncture furious
wrangle sprang up that lasted some
time, the country delegates accusing
the town delegates Of trying to run the
Con7ention and of having too much to
say. The Chairman appointed Newton
Darby and D. II. Mafett sergeants-at-
Arms, order was finally restored, and
the Rev. Joel offered up a prayer.
And now came the tug of war. New
ton Darby handed to the Secretaries a
resolution, which he proposed to Of
fer. The Secretaries and the Chairman
puzzled over it as if it were Chinese
inscription, but couldn't make it out.
Ben Nance. who wrote the resolution,
came to tia Fescne and read it: 1t was,
lst, That this Convention pledge its
support to the Greenback State Ticket
and to the Greenback candidate for
Congress from the Sd District; End,
That this Convention make no nomina-
tions for County Officers. D. H. Maj
felt was on his feet as soon as toe reso-
luton was read. He said the first part
of the resolution was unnecessary. be-
cause they lad sept delegates to the
Greenback State Convention and the
Greenback Congressional Convention.
and these delegates assisted in the nom
nations; that was sufficient endorse
ment. At this point Nance and Maftett
got into heated wrangle, each one in
sisting that the other assisted him 10
endorse the greenback candidate for
Congress, and each striving for the
honor of doing the most in the matter:
Mahett characterized statement Of
Nanee's as 'fs!se IS hell" Boyd sug,
gested that the two 60 opi doors and
Settle the matter. Newton Darby oo-
iected to few mems taking such a
prominent part in the proceedings, and
threatened that if they didn't 60 on with
the business he would take mo. 4"
back where they came from. Boyd
asked whether the resolution Included
members of the Legislature, and it was