The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-08-11

order Mr.. Haskell nominated the Hon
W; e. Stoney. Seconded by Mr.. Don
aldson.
On motion of Mr.. Hayward, of Green
vile, the President was instructed to cas-
the vote of the Convention for Mr.. Stone,
which being done, he was declared
the nominee of the Convention.
The next nomination in order was thai
of Attorney-General. Mr.. Henderson
nominated the Hon. G. II. Miles, Of
Charleston.
Mr.. Gilland, of williamsburg, nomi
mated the Hon. Jos. III. Earle, of Sum
ter. The nomination was seconded will
enthusiastic and prolonged cheers, indi
cativc of the result which followed.
Messrs. Glaze, Hcmphill, Wagner and
Davic were appointed tellcrs.
The President announced the vote as
follows: Hon. j. IL. Earle, ia; Hon. II.
G. Miles, "a.
Mr.. Buist, of Charleston, in behalf OF
the Charleston Delegation, moved that
the nomination be declared unanimous,
which was done.
Tho next nomination in order being
that of Treasurer, the Chair appointed
as tcllcrs Messrs j. q. Marshall, Jcrvey,
Hutson and Mazyck.
Mr. Izlar, of Barnwcll, nominated
Isaac q. Bambcrg, of Barnwcll, and the
nomination was seconded by Mr.. Orr, of
Grccnvillc. Mr.. Croft, of Aiken, nomi-
mated Col John p. Thomas, of Richland,
which was seconded by Mr.. Rutland, of
Fairfield. Mr.. Marshall, of Richland,
nominated Richard Singleton, seconded
by MIR. Sinklcr, of Berkeley.
1hc Convention then proceeded to bal
lot, with the following result: 314 votes
were cast, of which General Bambcrg
received 100, Colonel Thomas II and
Mr.. Singleton so; and on motion of Mr.
Haskell, on behalf of the Richland dele
cation, the nomination was made mani-
nous.
Mr.. Brooks, of Edgciicld, nominated
Gen a. NJ. Manigault for Adiutant and
lnSpcctor-GencIal. Mr.. Mockbcc. of
Chester, nominated Col l. G. McKis-
sick, of Union. Mr.. IIumbcrt, of Lau-
rcns, nominated Mr.. Hugh L. Farley. of
Spartanbnrg. Seconded by Mr.. Dun
can, of Spartanburg. Mr.. Marshall, of
kichland, Mr.. Smith, of Horny, and Mr..
Sparkman, of Georgetown, seconded
General Manigault's nomination. The
vote on the first ballot, after numerous
changes, was: Mnnigault, 15G; Farley,
$50; Mckissick, :. Number of votes
cast, BIB; necessary to choice, 157
MIR. Mckissick was withdrawn by Mr..
Thomas, Of Union.
In the midst Of cheers for NIanipault
and Farley, the cry of ballot! ballot"
was raised. The second ballot resulted
as follows; Manigault, 1862: Farley, 156.
Number of votes cast, 31S; necessary to
a choice, 100.
Amidst excitement, it was moved to
make the nomination unanimous. Agreed
to.
Gen. James L. Izlar nominated for
superintendent of Education Col A
Coward Seconded by Mr.. Davic. of
Chester Mr.. ChildS, Of Pickcns, nomi-
mated Col. James II. Rice, of AbbcyilIc.
Seconded by Mr.. Howell Of Collcton.
The ballot resulted rs follows: Rice, 1SG;
Coward, 12S. Number Of votes cast,
3l4; necessary to choice, 15S.
On motion of Mr. Hart, of York,
motion to make the nomination unani-
nous was carried.
Notices of time and place of the meet
lngs of the Congressional Conventions
were given. Most of them met ii the
Convention Hall Immediately after adj
joulnmcnt.
Mr.. Haskell, from the Committee on
Platform and Resolutions, sent in IL re-
port lie stated that while there was n
difference of opinion among some of the
members of the committee, there would
be no minority report, but that each
member would state his differences on
the floor of the Convention.
The President appointed the following
committee to notify the successful capdi-
dates OF their nomination, and ask them
to address the Conventions Mcssrs. ID.
). Henderson, j. l.. Orr, r. c. Barklcv,
q. w. Brown and w. II. Blackwell.
AT l.45 motion was made to adjourn
until o'clock.
Afternoon Session.
On the opening of the Convention,
Alr. Haskell submitted the report of the
Committee on Platform and Resolutions.
The platform was taken up for consid-
Grafton, and Mr.. Dawson said that he
that the committee, while con-
forming the instrument very closely to
the platform of 1884, had omitted the
civil service plank, which was first adopt-
ed III 1882 and rcailirmcd by the Convcn-
ton of 1884. He therefore proposed an
amendment which restored the civil SER
wee clause rs it existed in the former
platform and made an earnest argument
IN It's support, He said that the omis-
sion would be calculated to place the
Democracy OF South Carolina in antago-
nism to the policy upon which Mr.. Clcve-
land had been elected President of the
United States, and he appealed to the
Convention to hesitate before adopting
course which would in effect be construed
as rebuke to tho national Democratic
party and the administration of Prcsi-
dent Cleveland.
MIR. Benet accepted the proposed
Mcssrs. Kelly, of Barnwcll, Murphy,
OF Collcton, and Barber, of Chester,
spoke in favor of the amendment; while
Messrs. Clarke, of Kershaw, Murray, of
Anderson, and Haskell, of Richiand,
spoke on tho other side A motion to
table the amendment was then lost by
vote of l63 nays to 140 yeas The
amendment was then adopted
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