The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-13
AN EXPOSURE OF M'LANE.
"straight-Out" Brayton Makes 1t Hot for
the "Independent" at Nashville.
News and Courier.

COLUMBIA, S. G., March S.--Repub-
lican State Chairman r. NJ. Brayton
returned today from the Republican
Club Convention in Nashville and was
very willing to give the Bureau some
additional information as to the men
dacity Of J. Henry McLane. Mr.. Bray
tons story was full of detail, but it can
be fairly condensed into the following:
When l reached Atlanta ! met the
eleven Independents who had been de-
laved there, and we went on together
to Nashville. They seemed much sur
prised to see me and we didn't have
much intercourse. At Nashville | told
McLane he had better try y.l. s9 sEg
| did not care for the place it was due to
the straight Republicans that they
should be recognized, and l therefore
wished to be chosen vice-president Of
the convention from South Carolina.
He demurred, and I told him that if
his Independents didn't recognize me
in this way would show up the situa-
ton in the convention. He finally
agreed to my requirement and said
that should be chosen.
The neXt morning Cesar Lowndes:
of Columbia, and Sims, Of Greenville,
colored men, asked me to get them into
the convention as delegates. saw the
committee on credentials and told them
these men were as regularly elected as
any delegates, since none Of Us had
been chosen in the prescribed manner,
but were self appointed. McLane was
on the committee, and got furious be-
cause | wanted to get colOred men into
the delegation. He said it was :. put
up job and l had acted outrageously.
The committee, however, admitted the
colored men.
In the convention when the chair
man of the State delegations handed
up the names OF the vice-presidents !
did not hear my name announced and
asked McLane about it. He declared
he had sent it up. l went to the plat
form and found on examining the pa
pers that instead Of my name be had
sent up r. VI. Memmingers as vice
president from South Carolina. The
convention was about adjourning, but
jumped on a chair and spoke for ten
minutes, showing up McLane pretty
vigorously and exposing bis purposes.
The executive committee met that
night and heard both sides. made
McLane's deceit and his underlying
objects plain. He tried to answer, but
made failure. The committee ques-
toned lin severely, asking, amcng
other things, when he had changed
from an Indepenpent to a Republican
where he had held his convention t.
elect delegates, etc. He sQuirnled but
could not answer satisfactorily, and
the committee. in view OF deceit prac-
ticed, and the lack OF authority, of sub
stitution OF Memminger, name, de-
cided that I, aud not Memminger, was
vice president for South Carolina.
You can make it plain to the public
that the object of Mcl.ane's crowd in
this business was first, to secure the
machinery and authority for organiz-
ing white Republican party here,
and. second, to control the patronage
and secure the otfireS. The McLane
party consisted Of himself; Memmin-
ger. who wants 4 Charleston Office;
Pickett, postmaster at st. Matthew ::
Bowen, who wants to be postmaster at
Florence; Blocken, OF Summervllie;
Sisson Owden. whose brother Is post
master at Johnston; Cannon, who
wants 10 be poStmasterat Spartanburs:
Stewart, who has been clerklng IN Nc
Creerv's store in Columbia; Summer,
and another whose name forgot.