The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-26

has Nothing tO Grind.
COLUMBIA. $. c., September 17.-For
twelve hours to-day, from 0 A. Nj. to
81 IN. the Republican State Executive
& sCommittee cooped up in the Celored
Odd eli6ws'>iiall struggled and pers-
pired over the numerous contests upon
the determination Of which depended
the political fate OF Chairman Brayton.
Very little leaked out of the sealed
doors as to the result. but it was report
edthat Brayton, having majority of the
committee. would have enough of his
contesting delegations seated to ensure
m the preliminary organization, and
wherefore the victory.
At T.. Nj. it was announced that the
committee would agree at about 8. p.
M. and the Convention would meet in
the House of Representatives at that
hour. but when the city clock struck
only q few delegates of the total of 1875
were in their seats. The door of the
hall was closely sentineled and only
members Of the Convention we're ad-
mitted== They stsaaGled in very slow:
ed its labors
The audience assembled faster. The
saIaries were soon filled with spec
CatorS, ranging in color from buff to
eDony, and in quality from the fash.
ionaDly dressed representatives of the
hlghSft colored society of the city to the
rural districts. Va '''e
"A novel feature of the Convention
was the presence Of about seven color
ca newspaper men, apparently all
preachers and members OF the staff of
tne falmetto Cleaner, a small colored
weekly publiSAed In this city, 1t was
Il revelation of enterprise. and thev
seemed fully conscious of it as they
Ieaned over their desk with sharpened
pencils and bcamlng smiles.
"a uasn OF sunset color was given the
somOre mass of delegates by the caro
mine t:nts of w. w. Russeil's iuxmri.
anE wh1skers. Their owner moved
ABOUT thehall, confabulating earnestly
Win MS fellows of all shades.
SHORTY after o o'clock Brattou, Mil
:: nnG ~ .hs 1shSEs YhS o5 Qua 1sqI s
the delegates and W0rkers sAsgta fry .! i;i ri
into groups or rushing around WITH OF
Tor news. All was confusion.
At last, when the gailaries and the
floor were crowded, State Chairman
Brayton raped to order the Conven-
tion, which had less than half dozen
whites in it. and about a score of null
latces. The hour was 9.45. MIR. Bray
ton requested the gentlemen not dele
gates to retire to the rear of the hall,
so that the delegates could be seated
and requested Secretary John "A. Barre
to read the call. The call was read.
MIR. Brayton: Gentlemen of the
Convention, in obedience to the call
hav xun hn, la1 nd
the Convention is now ready to pro-
ceed to business. The secretary will
now call the Temporary roll"
Secretary Barre called the roll as fol-
lows.
Abbeville-L q Waller, J r Tolbert,
A J Jamison, w Tolbert, John Rey-
Aiken-E j Dickerson, c F Holland,
Geo j Washington, s K Smith.
Anderson-W A Clark, l. Jones, NJ Ii
Gassoway, Henry Kennedy.
Barnwell-Fred Nix, Jr., w S Nixon,
IN A. Nixon, P Williams, G G Robinson.
II Wallace, Franz tadsori, jainSssss inSssiyys6l yysS6l.
lins, James Singleton.
Beaufort--T 4 Miller, II j REYNOLDS. G.
Reed, Robt Smalls.
har!estenaJohn A Godfrey. j NJ Free
man. II w Purvis, w ID CrunI, nj e
Brown, L Ii Jones, + 2 Crum.
,,;i Chester-D Q Baum, Carter Ross. j c
chesterfield l. Shrewsbury, E II
Johnson.
Clarendon-Syfax Milton, Gilbert Henry,
coz eeh-w F Myers, w A Paul, + G.
Bennett Joseph Brown, Ii VIM.
w wp2arlingtonIE "a IMl lIn IL Deas, G w Wines,
Edgefeid-P simpkins. A Nicholson, J
A Simpkins, Wesley Logan, e.. w Holmes.
Fairfield-J Bird, . S Nelson, A G
Stewart.
Florence-J L Wilson, A Williams.
GeOrgetown-G e Heriot, Frank Low.
rance.
Greenville-John p Scruggs, w A Richie.
Thomas Brier, Newton Jones, Henry Sims
HamptoplP IL Riley. " " Blake.
Holry-J e Singleton, Il T. Cochran.
Kershaw--C 9 Levy, Frank Carter, w
B Harris.
Lancaster-Joseph Clark. Thomas A
Barnes.
Laurens-C G Garrett. S Suber, Il A
Saxon, j II Moore
Marion-M Holloway, w III Collier, Z b
Bethea.
Marlboro--H A Brown, G W Sanders,
E ID Long.
Aewber,y-R E Williams, b Boozer,
Jones.
Orangeburg-E A Webster, J II Ford
ham, II A Bostick, Robert Baxter, w. 4
CheesbOrO.
Pickens-H B Hendricks, w NJ Bird.
Richland-E M Brayt0n, A w Curtis.
EW Weston, ii w Woodward;
j + Ensor, j q Brown, ii ID A Smith.
Sumter--G w Murray, w J Andrews,
X III Roach, A Andrews, r il Richardson,
Jr. sysfss a,sg-s,',., .-,..-.., -
Union George e Tucker, r q Clark, e
B Dawkins. ..,... $1,000.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Jacobs. ) E Single
tary, w Gambler -
York-yM Clinton. J B Smith, rs Simp.
son, q A Watts. 50 -
The temporary roll included, the
Brayton contestants from Berkeley,
Colleton. Kershaw and Oconee, and the
Anti-Brayton delegations from Char
lesion, Greenyille and Marlboro.
These last named delegates were
citizens OF Darlington and seemed to
havAbeen stlf-appointed, n
n q n.