The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-13

Democratic party, and as said, he is
called upon to justify the Democracy OF
South Carolina, the Democracy OF
Cleveland four years ago, aud, sir, the
Democracy of Cleveland to-day. IAN.
other whirlwind of applause I repeat
then sir, that he appeals to the people
Of this State. I nominate him as the
next Governor Of the grand old State OF
South Carolina" Deafening and long
continued applause and cheering.]
SECoNDING THE NOMINATION.
When the storm had subsided Mr..
Douglass, of Fairfield, seconding the
nomination, said:
"Mr. President and Gentlemen of
the Convention: If there is one thing
in the history of South Carolina Of
which she should be proud it is the
unalloyed purity of her public servants,
[applause,l and it is her proudest boast
that there never was one Of her sons
who was untrue to the cause for which
he was elected. [Applause.j Whether
we take the whole history Of the State
or whether We refer only to the times
that tried mems souls OF to the shadowy
years of her earliest history, we have
the record of her Rutledges, her Pinck-
neys and later on the glorious Calhoun,
the eloquent McDuffie, the brilliant
Hayne and all the others who were the
, peers in war and peace of any upon the
globe [Applause.] Aye, and in the
days of 1876 she has shown that she
has had men in. whom she could put
her trust, as pure and as spotless as any
in her early history. We are here to-
day standing on her soil, breathing her
air, in the shadow of her proud institu-
tions redeemed to US by the grand old
Hampton, [applause,] by the gallant
Butler, [applause,] and all that dis
tinguished galaxy that have made her
as great in peace as she has been grand
inwar: [Applause.] First came Hamp-
ton to the Gubernatorial chair, then
Simpson and Thompson and Hagood,
and last, but not least, John Peter
Richardson, [applause,] the worthy son
of a worthy sire and grandsire. [Ap-
plause.l His cause to-day is the cause
of the Democratic party. [Applause.]
1t is the cause of his Administration,
and say that we cannot stab Richard
son in the back and ever after hold out
the right hand of fellowship to the
Democratic party. [Applause. We
love him because he has been faithful
public servant, because he has been
worthy Governor, and we think that
he is entitled to well done fer JUS
tice should be accorded to every servant
who has been faithful to his trust; and
recreant to that trust. 1t has been the
sentiment throughout the country that
he who does his duty is entitled TO
some consideration at the hands of his
party. therefore say to my friends
from the Pee-Dee that we will unite
with them to elevate to the Guberna-
torial chair that man whose name IS
without reproach and as spotless as the
driven snow. We appeal, too, to those
who live beneath the shadows Of the
mountains, by the smiling waters OF
the Pee-Dee, and to those gallant peo-
ule who live by the seaside and breathe
its balmy air-we make the appeal
that the blue mountains shall unite
with the blue seas, and shall say in one
grand and glorious voice: "Well done,
thou good and faithful servant: thou
hast been faithful over few things,
we will make thee ruler over many
things" Applause and cheering.]
MR.. NORRIS NoMISATEs COL. EARLE.
Mr.. D. X. Norris then arose to nomi-
nate Col. Joseph Earle. He said that
he felt sure that he voiced the senti-
ments of the Democracy when he
nominated gentleman of unequalled
ability, clean record, and one who had
always discharged his trusts with
credit. He was IN no sense candI-
date, but if nominated would be sup
ported by the Democracy. He would,
therefore, nominate the Hon. Joseph
H. Earle, of Sumter. APPLAUSE
DIR. poPE's sEcoNDING SPEECH.
The nomination was seconded by
DIR. Pope, of Newberry. He desired it
first to be understood that he had not
single word TO say against John Peter
Richardson. [Applause.] He believed,
however, that the time had come for
change. [Smiles all around.] He
thought that the material was too small
and too precious to give man more
than two years tenure of office. lie
then went on to show that in only eX-
ceptional cases, Hampton's for instance,
had the Democratic Governors served
more than one term. Concluding he
said: "Now, Earle, gentlemen is q
good man. There is not q man III the
State that can say anything against
him-a noble man, clean man and
true to his sentiments. [Applause.-
And now is the time for the change,
and now is the time to put Earle in the
Gubernatorial chair [Applause.]
COL. EARLE NOT A CANDIDATE.
A delegate from Sumter: "Mr. Presi
dent, am authorized to state that Col
Earle is not candidate, and that ht
is in no way responsible for this noml
nation. LApplause.] He has always
declined to be candidate"
DIR. Furman: "But If be is elected h'
will not turn his back on the people
Mr.. Tillman: "Gove1nor Thompson
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