The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-08-07


made to call Convention to decide as to o
State primary, and called g nominating
Convention for State officers instead to
meet on September 10, 1890; and, where
as, the said Executive Committee, when it
saw Tilllnan would be nominated under
the. Convention plan, and, after these
Counties had elected delegates to the Sep
tember Convention, met again June 25,
1890, and called another Convention to
meet August 19, $780, to decide to do the
very thing it before virtually decided net
to do, viz, to call ConTention to decide as
to State primary, thus showing grave
inconsistency. Therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That we deem it impracticable
and unwise and unfair at this late stage in
the campaign to attempt to undo what has
already been done, and our delegates
elected to-day are hereby instructed to vote
primary for the election of officers this
year.
AS substitute for the above preamble
and resolutions, H. NJ. Prince offered the
following:
Whereas, the Democratic party is divided
into factions, which, if not reunited, may
result in dire disaster and permanently
disrupt the party and jeopardize the best
interests Of the people; and, whereas, we
believe that the primary plan Of electing
delegates to the State Convention to be held
on the 10th day Of September, 1890, to
nominate candidates for State officers will
tend to bring about reunion and harmony
in tho party. Therefore belt
Rcsolrcd, That 1t is the sense of this Con-
vention that primary for the election of
delegates to the September Convention be
adopted by the Conv ention of August 18th.
Resolrcd, That the delegates elected by
this Convention be instructed by this body
to vote for primary to elect delegates to
the nominating Convention to be held in
the city of Columbia on the 10th day of
September, 1890.
W. A. Neal moved to lay the resolutions
offered by Mr.. Prince on the table, but
withdrew the motion in order to allow q
discussion of the resolutions.
Mr. Prince spoke in favor of his resolu.
tionS lie urged the delegates not to for
get that this was Democratic Conven.
ton, and said nothing should be done
that would tend to divide the party.
Every man would admit that the party
was divided into factions; and the breach
now existing should be healed. a State
primary would unite both factions. She'll,
in his manifesto, demanded primary.
The March Convention also demanded it,
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the voice of the people, and it was. right
and proper. A would insure a continu.
ance Of white supremacy in South Caro-.
lima The action of the approaching State
Convention would have a potent influ-
ence on the condition of the party, and
we should consider well what we do.
Division in our ranks not only invites but
insures defeat. II you will have q pri
mary the majority will rule and no man
will have an excuse not to support the
nominee. He plead in the interest of no
man or faction, but in the interest of
white supremacy. [Cheers and hisses
Mr.. Neal renewed his motion to table
MIR. Princes resolutions, but after con-
siderable confusion he again withdrew it.
J. P. Glenn spoke against Mr.. Princes
resolutions. He said the March ConVen.
ton demanded primary, and at that
time he favored it, but he thought it was
too late to advocate it now. In all future
elections he would favor State primary.
He did not believe the State Executive
in tavoring primary now, and be
thought it would be unWise and unfair to
ask for primary al this time. [Cheers.]
Mr.. Neal again renewed his motion to
! lay the resolutions on the table, and Mr.
| Prince called for yea and nay vote.
|
| By this time there was scarcely standing
room in the Court House, and excitement
ran high. There was considerable confu-
sion and general clamor Of voices. The
Chairman raped for order, and finally
succeeded in restoring order. Mr.. Prince
then withdrew his motion asking for q
yea and nay vote.
The original resolutions were read again,
and Col. L. NJ. Rucker took the floor to
speak against their adoption. He said he
advocated primary in the State Conven
ton four years ago, and had always
favored it. at this juncture there was
prevent his being heard. The County
Chairman appealed to the crowd to keep
quiet and let Col. Rucker be heard, but it
was several minutes before order was re-
stored.
Col. Rucker resumed his speech, and
said he was speaking only in the name of
justice and right. Here again there was
loud yelling and shouts of ''call him
down p and some one asked the speaker
if be did not favor a primary because he
did not want Tillman elected. Col.
Rucker answered "No." The crowd
again attempted to howl him down. The
County Chairman appealed for order, and
finally Mr.. Rucker was granted FIVE min
utes in which to conclude his speech, but
thore was such clamor of voices he
could scarcely be heard. Before taking
his seat the speaker asked for a yea aud
nay vote on the resolutions.
Amid great confusion the roll call pro-
ceeded, and resulted in 167 yeas and 1G
nays. A number of the delegates had
left the Convention before the roll call
began, and consequently there was not a
full vote. However, their presence would
net have changed the result, though it is
presumed that nearly if not all of them
would have voted against the resolutions,
as they represented anti-Tillman Clubs.
| w. A. Neal offered the follow ing reso-
luton. which was adopted:
Resolretl, That it is the sense of this Con-
vention that primary election be or
dered by the coming State Convention for
an election by the people for delegates or
direct for State officers in 1892.
j. NJ. Glenn offered the following reso-
luton, which was adopted:
Resolued, That this Convention, repre-
senting the Democracy Of Anderson
County, does hereby endorse Col. d. K.
Norris to represent the Third Congress
sional District in Congress.
W. S. Brown said this County had two
candidates in the race for Congress, D. K.
Norris and i. B. Murray, and before sub.
Knitting Mr.. Glenn's motion to a vote he
thought these gentlemen should address
| the Convention.
The County Chairman was asked if the
resolution would bind the delegates to
support Mr.. Norris, and he replied in the
negative.
On motion, the Convention adjourned.
The Convention was composed OF 2O4
delegates Of whom 81 were anti-Tillman'