The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-14
THE "SI-GGESTIOE" SUGGESTS.
Another Caucus E!ed-Srvertl Candidate
Put Forward for the Voters to sup
pDrt--!Iow 1t Was Done.

On the 18th Of July caucus Of tine
Tilllnanites in this county was held al
, Newberry, 70 fix up Il ticket for the
Democratic voters of NeWberry County
TO vote at the primary election, but
somehow the results Of that caucu:
were not satisfactory to the leaders OF
that meeting, and it WAS determined
to hold another caucus at Prosperity V
on Monday of this week. How the dcl'
egates to this caucus came to be dele
gates we do not know. Some we under
stand were elected by small portions OF
their clubs, and others were ScIt-ap-
pointed, and some OF the townships
We're not represented. There were
about forty delegates present.
The caucus met in the Alliance ware
house ut Prosperity at hult-paSt eleven
o'c)ock on Monday and WAS in session
not more than half an hour. The work
WIS likely all arranged before the cau-
Gus met, and all that the delegates had
to do was to endorse it, and all the
voters are expected to do is to elect the
men selected by the caucus to the Leg
islaturc--that is three Of them, and the
three that the caucus prefers. Five
candidates are endorsed, but OF course
it is understood that no voter is eX-
pected to vote for more than three, and
only three are expected to be elected.
JnO. Il. Duncan was elected chair
man Of the meeting and ). ;. McCar-
ley secretary. The meeting was held
with closed doors and only delegates
were admitted; yet as the people al
ways like to know the proceedings Of
these kinds of meetings The Herald
and News has obtained the proceedings
and publishes them for the interest
and information of its readers.
Rev. jefferson \. Sigh, county chair
man, offered a resolution to endorse }.
+. Duncan, ThOs. w. keitt, W. ID.
Hardy, Jno. w. Scott and Cole. l..
Blease as candidates fol the Legisla-
turc, and made 4 vigorous speech in
favor of it.
Col. f.. :. keitt also made an eio-
uuent speech in favor of the resolution.
At the conclusion of his speech Chair
man Duncan called attention to the fact
that the resolution had received no
second. Thereupon it was seconded by
Col. +. S. keitt, \. y. Boland and c.
Ridlehuber.
Capt. H. II. Folk also spoke to the
resolution. He has been nominated
for the Legislature in The Herald and
News. He said he would withdraw
from the race, as better material could
be found and had been selected, and
he favored the adoption Of the resolu-
ton. The question was then put and
the resolution was unanimously adopt
ed.
Rev. jefferson \. Sigh offered an
other resolution to the effect that each
delegate act as :; committee of one to
carry the news home and spread it
amongst the members Of their respec-
tive clubs, and also to see to it that they
turned out on the day Of the election
and voted the "suggestion,' or rather,
we suppose, part of it. The caucus
then adjourned.
Whether all these later suggestions
are going to be candidates or not, we
are not informed, but we presume they
will. Messrs. Hardy and Duncan have
resigned their respective positions on
the Executive Committee, We suppose,
for the purpose of entering the race.
Forty men fixing up ticket for two
thousand free white Democrats to vote,
under ordinary circumstances, would
have the appearance Of ring rule and
bossism, but in these extraordinary
times we suppose it is to be taken as Il
step towards the accomplishment of
that ideal Democracy of which we
have heard so much-self-government,
pure and simple. If q majority Of the
Democratic voters are to be bound, or
are expected to be bound, by caucus,
then what is the use ola primary elec~
ton: But the caucus has endorsed five,
and only three are to be chosen. That
is true, and it may all he right and
proper.
We understand that the caucus also
endorsed Jos. l.. keitt for the Senate
in case there was a vacancy.