Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-09-11
THE INDEPENDENT PARTY.

On the Goth of August a circular was is
sued from the headquarters of the Indepen.
dent party of South Carolina, 103 Meeting
street, Charleston, S. c., as follows:
A Convention at the "Independent Party o
South Carolina" will be held at Columbia, or
Thursday, September 4th, 1884, at II o'clock NJ.
for the purpose of making nominations and
transacting any other business which may be
deemed for the party's good.
The State Committee will meet on the evening
before the Convention at the United States Court
House to transact some very important business
All members are urged to be present.
J. HENDRIX MCLANE, Chairman.
T. BARKER JONES, Secretary.
In accordance with the above announce.
ment, the State Committee met in the Post
office building Wednesday night and par
TALLY arranged their programme. The re-
mainder of the work of the State Commit.
tee was completed at their session yesterday
morning, and the Convention was called to
order at II M, in secret session.
J. Hendrix McLane, of Charleston, was
chosen permanent Chairman and DR.. A. II,
Bowen, of Marion, Secretary.
All attempts to obtain an estimate of the
number present were in vain, as also every
effort to ascertain from what Counties the
delegates were accredited. Orange6urg,
Charleston, Aiken, Marion, Fairfield, Ches-
ter, CIleSI0TllSlu OullllSI WclS lSplc-
sented, and probably others, but it was i'm
possible to obtain the facts.
The convention was composed of white
and colored persons, and one inquiring as
to the number in attendance was answered
"About utseventy-five." Other inquiries and
rough calculation by the reporter put the
number at about thirty.
Mr.. McLane said the number present was
very satisfactory and in personnel and ear
nestness of purpose the best convention they
have ever held.
While the convention is called that of the
Independent party, the members, from the
Chairman down, were all members OF the
Greenback party.
w. w. Russell, of Anderson, was not pres
ent, in consequence of illness, but letter
in the Independent, of Charleston.
The convention nominated an Electoral
ticket as follows:
At Large-W. w. RUSSELL Of Anderson, and
G.. C. Mccoy, Of Chester.
LIST District. II. Brown, Of Summerville.
I'd District Dr. VIM. Durham, Of Aiken.
Sd District-G. J. Green, of Oconee.
4th District-C. G. Turner, of Spartanburg
5th District-John l.. Watson, of York.
9th District-A. H. Bowen, of Marion.
7th District-'Thos. Baskins of Sumter.
The following nominations for Congress
men were made:
-st District-J. Hendrix McLane of Charles.
ton.
I'd District-W. H. Duncan, of Barnwell.
4th District-D. r. Feaster, of Fairfield.
5th District-A. G.. Johnson, of Chesterfield.
9th Dstrict-Dr. NJ. Kelly, of Williamsburg.
No nominations were made for the Third
and Seventh Districts, which is in accor-
dance with the recent statement of Mr.. w.
w. Russell, that no opposition would be
made to Congressman Aikens reelection.
The nomination of State ticket was en-
trusted to the State Committee, and their
selection will be announced at an early day,
should the committee deem it advisable to
place State ticket in the field
The electoral ticket is in the interest of
Blaine and Logan.-Cohtnabia Register, 5th.