The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-10-17
From the Charleston Budget
The Deadlock Dissolved.
john i. Wilson Nominated for Solicitor
of the Third Circuit.

SUMTER, Oct. 13.-Late yesterday after
noon, just before the convention adjourned
a committee of two from each county were
appointed to settle upon some plan to solve
the deadlock. The convention agreed be
fore adjourning 70 abide by the result o!
this committees action.
The subcommittee met about O'Clock
and agreed before propositions were made
to abide by the decision of the majority Of
the committee. In this session Of the com.
mittee the following resolutions were pro
posed and adopted:
I. That this convention resolve itself into
a committee Of the whole With closed doors.
II. That first Mr.. Gilland be pittied
against Mr.. Dargan and voted for. Second
that Mr.. Gilland be pittied against Mr..
Wilson and voted for. Third. that Mr.
Dargan be pittied against Mr.. Wilson and
voted for.
ID. That the vote be taken by secret bal.
lot and that each couple be voted for in q
separate boz.
". That the result of each vote be kept
secret Until all the votes are taken.
'. That each delegate be sworn to vote
for one of the two candidates as if the third
were out Of the field
VI. That each delegate be further sworn
not to allow his vote to be seen or known
BY any Other delegate until the entire vote
is counted and the result announced.
VII That each delegate endorse his name
on the back Of his ballot
UT7T rTho< Tho S,,o candidates pooo; v1p1
the highest number Of votes be the only
two candidates to be voted for before the
convention.
X. That each delegate be sworn as fol-
lows: That solemnly swear that I will
vote for my choice Of one Of the two candi-
dates pittied against each other IS if the
third were out Of the field. and I further
swear not to allow my vote to be seen or
known by any other delegate until the en-.
tire vote is counted and the result an
nounced. 80 help me God.
Z That 8 notary public be called in to
administer the oath.
The committee from Sumter, and Mr..
Gordon, from Williamsburg voted against
these resolutions. The other member Of
the committee, Mr.. Williams from Williams
burg, was strongly in favor Of them Thev
were carried by q vote of 5 to 8. Mr. Will
hams is new member of the Williamsburg
delegation.
When the chairman Of this committee re-
ported on the reassemb bling Of the conven-
ton, these resolutions were read and dis
cussed considerably. and with great deal
of opposition from Williamsburg. Mr.. Cor
don who was opposed to the resolutions in
the committee room, now voted for them
along with Mr.. Williams, when the motion
was made to adopt them. The Sumter del
egates were opposed . these resolutions at
Georgetown and other places when such
resolutions were made, but when the con-
vertion agreed TO accept any propositions
that may be made by the subcommittee,
they voted to adopt them.
The ballots in the first box stood Dargan
Il, Gllland 16; second box, Gilland 12, Will
son Is; third box, Dargan II, Wilson 19.
Total result, Wilson 81, Gil'and %. Dargan
25. In this third box, between Wilson and
Dargan, it was evident that seven of the Gil
land delegation voted for Wilson, and one
for Darean. This result knocked Dargan
out in the first race, and it now lay between
Wilson and Gilland.
It was well known that before this conven-
ton met at Sumter, Gilland was the second
choice of enough Sumter's delegates to elect
him. But the result of the third box proba-
bly, caused Sumter to see how the Williams
burg delegates had voted, and so when Will
son ran against Gilland, Sumter gave Wilson
her solid support.
When the result of the last race was an
nounced there were hurrahs and cheering
for Wilson, and be was afterwards escorted
to the hall and responded in brief but hap
py terms. L. S. G.