The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-18
THE STATE CONVENTION.
The Ticket Nominated Capt. Till:naa's
Spcech-PIatfo-c: Adoptcd-in ali
Night Session.

The following report of the State
Convention is made up from the daily
papers, principally the News and
Courier, as its report was the fullust.
: Wepublished last week the temporary
organization. The report this week
starts with the night session:
REPORT on CREDENTIALS.
The committee on credentials report
ed to the Convention at 1880 p. N. as
follows:
In the case Of the Berkeley contest
we unanimously report in favor of the
: Stanland delegation. TiIlman delegates.
In the case of the Fairfield delegation
there We're three reports, the majority
report being in favor Of the Tilman
delegates. The minority report was
subulittedby Capt. Kirby S. Topper,
in favor Of the Anti-Tilllnan delegates.
A third report was that neither delega-
ton be seated.
The chairman of the committee
moved the adoption Of the majority re-
port.
Capt. Kirby S. Tupper moved that
the minority report De adopted and that
fifteen minutes be allowed for discus
sion.
A delegate from Union moved that
the whole debate be limited to five
minutes.
Mr.. J. Ancrum Simons moved that
fifteen minutes be allowed to each Of
the three reports.
After this half a dozen other motions
were made and there was so much con-
fusion in the hall that it was moved
and carried that the. hall be cleared of all
persons except delegates.
COULDN'T CLEAR THE HALL.
1t was found impossible to clear the
house.
Mr.. O. C.. Jordan, OF Aiken proceeded
to discuss the third report Of the COM
Inittee recommending that neither
delegation be seated The strong point
he made was that the TiIlman county
chairman closed his doors against the
Anti-Tillman delegates and that Chair
man Gaillard had acted vice versa. He
prophesied that if either side was re-
cOgniZed by the Convention there
would be two parties at the general
election, an6:there was that great dam
ger that Il Republican ticket would
sweep the field.
Mr.. A. G. Latimer, of Anderson az
gued the same line as Mr.. Jordan.
Mr.. J. Walter GFay, of Greenvilie,
spoke in favor Of the majority report
on the ground that as the testimony
could not be repeated before the Con-
vention the majority report should
be taken as prima .fauie evidence
of the best Judgment
-.:AvINDIeATIoN "A OF THE .sTAIGHToUTs.
DR.. Douglass, of Fairfield, then rose
and made an impassioned speech, in
which De eXcoriated the position held
# by Mr. Gray, of Greenville, that it was
loss of time to hear the minority report.
He said that it was admitted on ali
= sides that GaillarG WAS the county
= chairman ofFairtied, and that he must
remain untiE his successor was appoint
ed. The opposition had in most revo-
futionasy spirit withdrawn from the
Gaillar} Convention and set up an
independent organization. He held
il as iucOltrovertibie law and pro-
;ce9ure. that the regular delegates of
regular County Convention should
be recognized by q regular State
Convention [Appiause.] He asked,
with tremendous emphasis, if the Sep
tember Convention would plunge the
dagger into the heart of Democracy of
the South, inaugurate system Of gag
law and recognize the boilers of Fair
:, field. u Applause. In conclusion lie
said thaSno matter what was the ac-
: ton Of the August Convention ne would
appeal from Philip drunk to. Philip
sober. [Applause.] - ..'.
''STULTJFYING THE RES ADJUDICATA.n
Chairman Jones, in reply to Mr..
Douglass, argued substantially that as
the August Convention recognized the
Tillman delegation it was a precedent
that should be followed by the Septeln-
Der Convention. Otherwise be said
. the September Convention would stul-
g. tify the res adjudicata. Smiles and
applause.
4 motion was then nlade that the
/, minority report recommending that
: neither delegation be seated be adopt
ed. -
Mr.. Pope moved to lay that motin on
= the table -
Mr.ITupper raised the point that the
Convention was not organized aud no
rules of procedure had been adopted.
The chair ruled the point vel taken.
Col. TROY suggested that the vote he
taken by acclamation. This was done,
and the motion to lay Oh the table was
carried
=. = ss CLEARING TIIEITALL:
q: Mr.. Tupper then raised another point
that aader the motion just carried the
question was settled, and that both
" delegations. We're ousted. - Applause
ard:cheers and indescribable confusion
s in which Col: Irby made himself
re-: heard, moving that the Convention
recede from Business for-shalf an. hour
that the hall might be cleared Car
-ried.
. The delegates began then to leave the
ralf slowly, during which there were
subdued cries Of Hurrah for old man
MeetZe!'
The status of the Convention then
was that the roll Of uncontested dele
> gates-was not called and there was no
o. organization whatever. This po' Mt
-. was made by J. Ancrum Simcns before
the clearing of the hall.
REAsSEMBLiNG.
At haif-past = o'clock the Conven-
ton reassemble6 and Col. Irby took
the floor and moved that W. J. Tal5ert
be elected permanent pre- ident. This
was carried with a whoop. Col. Irby
then moved that the temporary secre-
taries De made permanent and that the
rules Of the House of Representatives
be adopted, aud that all non-de1egates
be excluded, with the exception OF the
ladies, all Of which were carried.
Judge Haskell then made speech in
which he held that none of the matters
before the temporary organization were
before the present body. Carried.
Col. Irby then called up the report Of
the committee on credentials i'll the
Fairfield contest matt r