The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-08-14
Congressional Nomination, Third Dis
trict,

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man, Oconee; Y. ]. Pope, Newberry.
Mr.. Pope reported from the committee
the names of the delegates present and
| the roll of delegates was called.
Mr.. Breazeale, of Anderson, offered
| resolution that after nominations are
made nominations be closed and the
nomination be made from the nominees
before the Convention.
On motion of Mr.. Bradley, of Pickens,
| the counties were called alphabetically.
Abbeville was called and passed for the
present. Anderson was called. and Mr.
w. W. Humphreys nominated Mr.. +. b.
Murray. Newberry was called and pass
| ed for the present. Oconee was called,
and Mr.. w. @. Keith nominated Mr..
George Johnstone, of Newberry. Oco.
nee was called again, and Mr.. j. @. Cary
nominated the Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken, of
| Abbeyille. Mr.. Cary's speech was elo.
quent andimpressiVe, and brought ring
ing applause.
Pickens was called and Mr.. D. F.
Bradley nominated r. E. Bowen, Mr..
| Childs secondipg the nomination.
Col. E. B. Gary, of Abbeville, seconded
the nomination OF Col. Aiken. His
speech was followed by loud applause.
Mr.. J. E. Breazeale, of Anderson,
seconded the nomination Of Col. Murray
in happy speech. :,
! DIR, Nee, of Abbeville, moved that
nominations be closed. Adopted.
! Mr.. Prince, of Anderson, moved that
the vote be taken viva voce. Carried.
Mr.. White, of Abbeville, moved that
the Convention proceed to ballot. Car
ried.
Mr.. Perrin, of Abbeville, moved that
teller be appointed from each county.
| Adopted, and the Chair appointed the
| following tellers: Messrs. White of
Abbevilie, Hagood of Pickens, Prince of
Anderson, J. P. K. Goggans OF Newber'
~ and Mathewson of Oconee.
Balloting was then commenced. First
ballot-Aiken 13, Johnstone l3, Murray
10, Bowen 6. Second ballot, same as
first.
Mr.. Pope, of Newberry, moved a recess
| till 3 o'clock. Laid on the table.
Mr.. Perrin, of Abbeville, moved to
take q recess of half an hour. Carried.
After recess the Convention assembled,
and Mr.. Breazeale moved another ballot:
Carried. The Sd and 4th ballots showed
no change. Mr. White, of AbbeVilie,
moved to vote without the form of a
motion until otherwise ordered. Carried.
The 5th, 9Th, 7th, 9th end 9th ballots
we're taken, but no change occurred.
Mr.. Breazeale, of Anderson, moved to
adjourn until 8 o'clock. Carried, and
the Convention adjourned.
On reassembling Col. E. B. Gary, of
Abbeyille, was elected assistant secretary.
Sixty.two ballots we're then taken with
out change from the frat, and the Con-
vention adjourned until 8 o'clock.
On convening in the evening Col.
Gary moved that the Convention 60 into
caucus to select by ballot man from
among the candidates before the Con.
vention who was to be supported by the
| Convention. This motion was seconded
by Mr.. Bradley of Pickens. The caucus
elected the chairman and secretary of
the Convention. Five ballots were taken
with no choice and no change. The
caucus adjourned and the Convention
assembled and adjourned till a. m. on
Thursday.
SENECA CITY, August The Con-
vention assembled at 9 o'clock aud pro.
ceeded to take the 74th ballot. No
change. The 10th, 10th and 77th the
same. On motion of Mr.. Pope, OF New
berry, it was resolved that the Conven-
tion 20 into secret session for fifteen
minutes for the purpose of inviting the
candidates to come in and confer with
the respective delegates and see if there
could not be a solution of the matter;
The convention accordingly resolved
itself into secret caucus, reassemollng
at II 40 and proceeding to take the 7Sth
ballot.
G. E. Prince, of Anderson, moved
chat this Convention stand on its head, :"
which was seconded by Mr.. Cary, of
Oconee. Laughter But it was not
nut to the vote. Mr.. Prince called for
the regular order of business and the
Convention took the 18th ballot and
continued to the 91st ballot, when Mr.;
Mosely, of Newberry, inadvertently voted
for Aiken instead of Johnstone. This
occasioned great laughter among the
delegates and spectators.
At the hundredth ballot Mr.. Hagood,
| of Pickens, moved to adjourn to . O'Clock.
Mr.. Childs offered an amendment to
adjourn sine die. Mr.. Prince, OF Ander'
son. moved to table Mr.. Child's motion.
Mr.. Bradley, of Pickens, thought the
matter should go back to the people, as
eyery delegate seemed determined to
stick to his man. Mr.. Childs withdrew
| his sine die motion and moved that the
Convention take recess until 4 O'CLOCK
in the afternoon. Carried.
The Convention reassembled at 4
o'clock. and on motion of Mr.. Perrin, OF
Abbeyille, ]. II. Barksdale was suhsti-
tuted for Col. Herindon, who was SICK.
The Convention took the 101st ballot.
No change. The 102d stood: Aiken
| 13, Bowen 12, Murray 4. 109d ballot,
no change. 104th, same. 105th, Aiken
13, -Johnstone 13, Murray 16, Bowen
nothing.
When Pickens was called Mr.. Bradley
withdrew the name of Mr.. Bowen and
Pickens voted for Murray, giving him 6,
making l6. 80
1O6tb ballot-Aiken IS, Johnstone l3,
Murray Is.
II. NJ. Prince moved to take recess OF
half an hour. Carried.
The Convention reconvened at O'CLOCK
and took the 10th ballot. The ballot
remained unchanged. The next ballot
stood-Aiken l6, Johnstone IL, Murray
13. o,,
Aiken had received 8 Pickens votes:
1O9th-Aiken 10, Johnstone 10, Mur'
ray IL. .u, ..o
nouncemeut of this vote and the next
ballot, the 10th, brought tn the contest to
a close as follows Aiken %, Johnstone
When Anderson vas called Mr.. Hum.
phreys and all the Anderson delegation,
except McCully, voted for Aiken.
Mr.. Alan Johnstone, of Newberry,