The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-04-02
TILLMAN AND COLT.
THE FARMERS CONVENTION NAMES
THE NEXT HEADS OF 4 TICKET.

THE FARMERS CONVENTION NAME
THE NEXT HEADS OF 4 TICKET.
The Motion to Nominate Carried by u Nar
row Majority-The Nominees Selecte'
Without Opposition-.A Full Account o
ti,e Proceedings.
fGreenvi.le News.
COLUMBIA. S. c., March Pit Wa:
about twenty minutes after twelve
o'clock when the Farmers State Con
vention was called to order by Chair
man G.. Wash Shell, OF LaWens. Tbs
mum of conversation IN the hall ceasec
and hats We're doffed While the pro
ceedings began with prayer by the
Rev. D. W. Hot, of Anderson. Cham:
man Shell presented to the conven
tion gavel sent for its use by foU
Orangeburg boys now attending the
Alabama Agricultural College. :Iav-
ing read the call for the convention,
Chairman Shell delivered his opening
address. Captain Shell said that
there were three things clear:
lst. That this convention was com
posed of Democrats true and loyal.
2d. That it was not u farmers con
vention unless it was because other
classes had refused to have anything
20 do with electing delegates.
3Td. That this was 4 convention OF
.yinpathizers with the sentiment of
the call as issued and that any not il
sympathy herewith were here as OBJ
s5ructionists. The Executive Com
iaittee of the Farmers Association
had ordered him to issue the call for
the convention. Remembering how
they had been treated IL the last
campaign it was necessary to begin
early to get an early start. From the
howl that had been raised, he believed
they had got it, and he urged on the
convention 70 keep what they had
got. They wanted q fair discussion
of the issues on the hustings, and by
the eternal gods they would have it.
All talk about dividing the party was
bosh. The will OF the people had
been defeated by unfair means, aud
they now demanded fair play. He
was willing to compare records with
any of the men who had been sland-
erins him and so was Captain TIL
man. They We're simply trying to nd
,u4 State from ring rule. Captain
Sl Il closed by vindicating his own
ie ord and with a brief eulogy OF
Captain Tillman, to whom he said the
State owed heavy debt of gratitude.
As ior himself he would not accept
any State Office at the hands Of the
convention.
". J. Talbert, Of Edgeield, was
made temporary Chairman, and john
7. Duncan, of Newbe1Ty, and J. v.
hoker, of Orangeburg, temporary
Secretaries.
The delegates present were enroll
el, and a committee on credentials
was appointed, consisting of one from
each of the twenty counties repre-
sented. as follows: Abbevile, J. D.
Bradley; Aiken, ". n. Merchants:
Anderson, W. a. Nealy: Barnwel, ".
D. Rice: Beaufort, J. G. Verdier;
3 ,, ;.eley, J. A. Hoovey: Charleston,
J. francis Britton; Chester, H. ?.
W.atner: Chesterfield, ". J. Harmon;
Clarendon, D. W.Brailsford; Colleton,
Il. r. Cooper; Darlington, E. L. Gray;
:sdy1ieid, ". H. Zimmerman: Far
! Id. r. Y. Lennon; Florence, L. 5.
Dinsham Greenvile, Il. B. BUST;
Lancaster, J. Bruce; Laurens, }. l..
II. Itby; Lexington, A. L. Nunemann;
Newberry, J. A Sigh; Marion, I. B.
S S,aclhouse; Marlboro, J. J. Lane;
Ouonee, S. j. Stribling: Orangeburg,
". T. C. Bates; Pickens, B. J: John
s,n: Richland, VIM. Wallace: Union,
J. S. Welch; Williamsburg, VIM.
Cooper: York, G. H. Edwards: Sum
TT, 3. T. Cooper. Spartanburg was
rot called.
! brief but confused and and noisy
discussion was provoked by resolu-
Con offered by J. \. Sigh, OF New
berry, instructing the committee on
credentials to rule out tany delegations
who were not wiling to agree to abide
by the decision Of the majority Of the
convention. It was finally decided
that such delegations should be al
lowed to remain on the floor until
the committee on credentials re-
ported.
On motion of Mr.. rby, OF Lalirens,
the temporary organization was made
permanent. and Chairman Talbert
proceeded to deliver his inaugural ad-
dress. J. D. Brown was made Ser
eeant-at-Arms Of the convention and
J. Z. Wannamaker, Of Orangeburg,
V;ce-President. At this hour, l.45
O'Clock, a recess was taken until three
o'clock,
The first business on re-assembhng
after the afternoon recess was the
defeat of motion to make nomlna-
tons immediately upon the report OF
the committee on credentials and the
adoption of a motion that the plat
form be taken up at that time. A
motion of Wannamaker, OF Orange
burg, that a committee on resolu-
tons of one member from each
county represented be appointed was
adopted and the committee was so
appointed.
spARTANBURGs DELEGATION.
The report of the committee on
credentials was made by J. l. N.
Icby. The committee recommended
that the delegations from Sumter and
Ba,nwel be seated and that two Of
one of the contesting Spartanburg
delegations, J. W. Strlbling and ).
". Wexford. and eight Of the other
delegation, be seated as follows;
George B. Dean, James ". Foster.
". C. S. Wood, J. B. 0. Landrum,
n. P. Patton, II. Z. Farley, +. ".
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