The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-04-02

| cGSSllN Ol plulIlcatlOn luSlStc lut pttI
ty lines. He proceeded 70 review his
own record. BY some. said he. he
was regarded as Il pure patriot. by
others us dynamiter, red Republi
can and anything else that was bad
He had begun this fight alone tou, OF
five years ago at Bennettsville. He
reviewed the reasons why he should
not seek the office OF Governor. Il
nominated he would face the bitter
opposition among his own'friends and
the opposition of the many Demo
Gratis who believed his methods re,..
lutionary. He would put himself
single and alone against the whole
brain Of the ring. Besides. he would
have 20 rent out his farm and bear
the expenses Of Il campaign. but
whether he was nominated or not he
urged that The Farmers Movement
had come to the Rubicon and il it
was not crossed then Ii" had better
never have come at all Men who
sent delegates to this Convention
would be disguSted if they did not
act now. II he was asked TO lead
this fight he would regard it as lead
ing Il fol.lorn hope He was the only
man who had had the courage and
| brains to array the common people
against the ;tlistoclatic ring which
had been depressing them. With
out candidates the platform
adopted bv the convention would
not be worth the pape,. it was
written on Candidates were now
put IN the field to put life into it. to
explain and defend its principles. He
referred to the election Of delegates
to the State convention in the last
campaign, before the canvass, and
said that the Greenville delegation
had put their rprinciples in their pock
cts to elect their candidate. He III
felred that the Greenville delegation
IL this convention had 4 candidate
fro m their county.
As to what he had done he wanted
it understood that he wanted no re-
ward for that He did not care
snap whether he was nominated or
not Tillman was frequently and
vociferously applauded.
As the speaker took his seat John
r. Harrison, of Greenville, rose and
declared nis wish to resent the msin-
uation that Greenville County had
candidates for Governor at this time.
He declared that he had not offered
his amendment against nominations
in the interest OF Greenville or any
other county This caused the debate
proper, but contrary to all parliament
tary precedents the chairman proceed
ed to deliver a warm address III favor
of nominations. and Captain Shell
briefly explained that suggestions,
not nominations, were contemplated,
and that the action of this body
would be submitted to the regular
Democratic Convention. This was a
crisis which Tillman's lieutenant did
not fail to seize. Somebody shouted:
Il move we nominate Ben Tillman
for Governor! ssand Capt. I. B. Crews,
of Laurens, called for a vote. The
ballot was taken by ayes and noes
and was extremely tedious. When
the call OF counties was ended there
was whisper. that the nominations
were defeated. 4 scene of terrific
commotion followed.
Irby, OF Laruens, hurried here and
there seeking to save the pro-nomina-
ton cause. BY the official count of
the secretaries HarTison's motion
was defeated by one vote, the count
standing III to 11S, but before this
result was announced four votes We're
changed. and the resultas announced
stood 121 to III. Dr. ". ?. Addison.
of Greenville, was the first man to
change his vote from aye to no, and
three other changes followed. \ pro
test was made by J. H, Stliblng and
others Of the Spartanbrrg delegation,
against the vote of L. E. Farley, who
lived in Laurens, but had been grated
Oh to Spartanburgs delegation. Far
ley's vote was withdrawn. leaving
the final vote 120 to IA.
THE VOTE IN DETAIL.
is as follows:
Abbevllle, ayes s.
Aiken. ayes l, nays :.
Anderson. ayes l. nays 9.
Balnwell, ayes T.
Berkeley, ayes ,, nays 9.
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