The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-10-02
THE REPUBLICANS NOMINATE A
TICKET.

The Republican State Convention,
which met in Columbia last week, was as
usual composed of crowd of negroes,
interspersed with a few ofice.holding
white men. McLane, and some of his
Independent followers, had conference
with their State Executive Committee the
night before the Convention met, but the
subject of conference and the result were
not made known, except by inference
from the action of the Republican Con-
yention. There were numerous contest
ing delegations, and a regular old
fashioned Republican set of rowdies
exhibited themselves for the benefit Of
those who have forgotten what Eepubli-
canism used to be. Tom Miller, the
chairman of the Executive Committee,
called the Convention to order, and said ::
Fellow Republicans, as your chairman
It falls to my lot to call you to order. By
oar action to-day We may make it posi-
ole to have Republican Conventions in
South Carolina for seventy years, or we
may make this the last Republican Con-
vention in South Carolina for decade.
II is an undeniable fact that we caa't keep
the people together without giving them
something to rally upon. Ever since
1876 when the Bourbon Democracy over
came US BY fraud and violence, our party
has been like ship, drifting without
purpose or progress. The call before me
o.day invites all in opposition 10 the
men who murder the innocent voter at
the polls, all opposed to the men who
violated the sacred rights of tenants, all
who believe that labor should be respect
ed and paid and not outraged and op.
pressed, it calls on all these TO join US.
On this all the bone and sinew OF South
Carolina, all the people who make the
State what it is, must be represented in
our Convention. If we who represent
the people 20 away without putting 8
State ticket in the field we will sign the
death warrant of the Republican party
in South Carolina. Vigorous applause.
But it is said that it ia all-suffcaent to
nominate an electoral ticket, that the
National party has given us the names OF
Blaine and Logan to rally the people.
All /! we have had before the cold expert
ence of Hayes in '76 Are we only TO
be rallied around this thing to be shot at
and driven in the woods and not have a
State ticket to vote for? Slight ap-
plause. I favor a State as we'll as an
Electoral ticket. If we 60 away without
nominating State ticket the colored
people will drift away from the Rspubli-
can party and make combination else
where in self-protection. No people can
get on without looking after their own
Interests. l hope there will be no bick-
ering for emoluments here to-day, but
that the sole interest of the people who
have been mobbed and outraged for ten
years will be the concern of the COnven-
tion. [Slight applause
After the deliverance of this malicious
ly false and inAammatory barraugne, w.
j. Whipper, of Beaufort, was elected
president of the Convention, and w. E.
Thompson, of Greenville, secretary. All
day Tuesday aad Wednesday were con.
sumed in discussing contesting delega-
tious, during the debate gu which the
uttermost enthusiasm was shown by the
negroes for the white Republican office
holders. The contesting delegations
from Charleston were both seated by the
Convention, but the Taft delegation
withdrew from the Convention and left
for Charleston. On Thursday morning
the following State ticket was nominated
by the Republicans:
For Governor, D. T. Corbin, Charles
ton.
For Lieutenant. Governor, D. a. Stra.
ker, Columbia.
For Ad}4tant General, Gen. Carlos
Sfolbrand, spartanburg.