The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-03

pone the election of the third delegate
until 5 o. m. was voted down.
Capt. Clark, of Kershaw, moved that
the delegate receiving the next highest
vote, Col. l.. F. Youmans, be declared
elected.
There were several seconds to this
motion amid loud applause. A member
moved to table the motion. Badly de-
feated.
On the question of election Gen. You:
mans received storm of ayes, opposed
By a very few nays. He makes the
fourth delegate at large.
Mr.. Murray, of Anderson, moved that
the other gentlemen voted for be declared
alternates for the State at large. Unani-
mously adopted.
The Chair accordingly announced the
delegates Wade Hampton, +. w.
Dawson, G. II. Suber, L. F. Youmans.
Alternates-John S. Richardson, Harry
Hammond, John D. Erwin.
Major Harry Hammond offered reso-
luton, which was referred to the COM
mittee on resolutions.
Mr.. James H. Giles, of Aiken, offered
tariff resolutions which were also referred.
Major Buist, of Charleston, Introduced
the tariff resolution of the Charleston
County Convention.
At this point Mr.. Hutson moved that
when the Convention disposes Of the
business now before it adjourn to 6 p.
m.. and in the meantime the District
Convention meet and elect delegates.
Tha time for reassembling was finally
fixed at $50 p. m. !,
Col. Duncan, of Spartanburg, offered
the tariff resolutions adopted, by the
Spartanburg Convention and they were
referred without reading.
Senator Earle, of Sumter, offered the
following resolution -,
"While we will not instruct our dele
gates to Chicago to vote for any partlcu'
lar person for the Democratic freslden'
tial nomination, we are OF opinion that
Governor Cleveland, of New York, Is
the strongest and most available canoi..
date for the first place on the Nationai
Democratic ticket. Loud and liberal
applause.
Capt. Clarke, of Kershaw, moved to
table the resolution.
Col. Ball, of Laurens, said that the
terms of the resolution were very tlmid,
but the Convention ought not be pledged
to any one. Applause.
The Chairman: There can be no de-
bate. The offer of o resolution and Its
reference has no significance whatever.
Mr.. Bryan, of Greenville, moved to
reconsider the vote forbidding debate on
resolutions, and further moved that the
Earle resolution be tabled. Col. Maui
din. of Greenville, moved TO table Mr:
Bryan's motion. There was q storm OF
ayes and comparatively few noes. The
| result was loudly applauded:
Judge Bacon, of Ricbland, offered the
following resolutions for the platform.
Referred.
Gen. Prince, of Chesterfield, offered
| resolution, which was also referred to the
| committee on resolutions.
At 8 o'clock the Convention took re-
cess until p. m.
EVENING SESSION.
When the Convention assembled at
half-past S o'clock nearly every delegate
| was in his seat. Gen. Kennedy, from
the committee on resolutions, reported
that the committee had been evenly d.
vided on the adoption of the resolution
offered by Gen. Hagood that the dele.
cation from South Carolina to the Ma
tional Convention be Instructed to vote
as a unit in the ballotings for President
and Vice. President. Messrs. J. D. Ken
nedy. J. w. Summers, ]. G. Haskell,
lC S. Mccall, J.. w. Williamson, II.
D. Elliott and E. o. Hall, Of the com.
mittee. were in favor of the resolution,
and Messrs. G. L. Buist, D. S. Hender-
son. r. G.. Bonham, B. F. Whitner, W.
G. Benet, J. L. Orr and S. j. Patterson
were opposed to it. -,
A motion was made that the resolution
| be adopted, and Gen. Hagood took the
floor to explain his motives for offering
lit. As he understood it the South Caro-.
| lima Democracy were not for any particu-
| lar man at Chicago, but in favor of the
most available candidate, but if it should
be Bay ard, he said, we shall all be very
| much pleased. Good men had been
elected to represent the State at Chicago,
and the Convention was perfectly willing
to trust to them to do the best thing for
| the party. May be there might be man
among th. delegates who was for Bayard
first. last and all the time, or for Cleye-
land, or Mcdonald, or Carlisle, and if
there was such one he would not rep
resept the Democracy of the State if he
should 20 against the judgment and
wishes of the majority of the delegation.
The resolution was intended to assure the
solid vote of the State for.the Democracy.
He was not willing that any extremist
should represent him.
Mai. BUST opposed the resolution.
He thought its adoption would be be-
meath the dignity of the party and out
of harmony with all its traditions. He
strongly urged the Convention that the
adoption of the resolution would be un-
wise and impolitic, and would throttle
the free exercise of tie judgment of the
delegates. There vas no Tammany Hall
| in South Carolina. We had population
and representatives that we could rely
on. If it was the sentiment of the
National Convention to nominate Gro
yer Cleveland all the delegation would
vote for him without any unit rule.
Col. John c. Haskell favored the res
olution. 1t had been prepared before
single delegate had been elected and he
was convinced, after twelve hours care.
full consideration, that it was the duty Of
the delegation at Chicago to vote togeth.
er so as to carry the strength of eighteen
votes and not fritter away the vote of the
State by dividing it up so that one party
would neutralize the other and really
deprive the State of her proper place in
the Convention. :,
Mr.. Isaac NJ. Bryan, of Greenville,
favored the resolution in strong speech.
Capt. J. Ancrum Simons, of Charles
ton, opposed it.
Capt George D. Bryan created a de-
cided sensation by proposing an amend:
ment declaring that the unit rule should
prevail and that the delegation to
Chicago should vote as a unit for Grover
Cleveland.