The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-09-24

ised to give Smalls worse dose tc
morrow. and SnlallS damned Nix an
said that he was equal to him.
The Chair made the following az
pointments for the committee on Gre
dentials At Large, f. II. Deas and Il
3. Hendrix; Ist district, Z. NJ. BooZer
ID, w. S. Dixon; Sd, w. a. Clark; 4tf
J. L. Young; 5th, J. d. Smith; 9Th
Louis Jacobs; 7th, r. II. Richardson.
Dixon is said to be the only Brayton
ite on the committee, and the result 0
its work is therefore a foregone conclu
sion. 1t met Immediately after tn
adjournment of the Convention.
Brayton'S supporters are staggered
by their defeat. They attribute IL L
the free use of money by the Admins
tration Office holders.
George l. Cunningham, they assert
corrupted the Convention and bough
up enough delegates to defeat Brayton
They have not abandoned hope, how
ever, and say that Brayton will have
much larger vote for State chairmal
than he recsived tonight
The delegates have plenty Of none,
and are spending it freely. The busl
ness of the saloons nearby the Stat
House indicates that there is boodl
afoat.
The committee on credentials sat VI
all Thursday night hearing the con
tents. and at 9 A. NJ. when the Conven
ton reassembled, had not reached it
conclusions. a committee was sen
after it to ascertain when report coul(
be expected.
Fred Nix, and others of the minority
paid their respects to Chairman SmallS
and managed to get a good deal O.
amusement out of speeches during the
period of waiting. BY these means tht
delay was purged Of its WEAKNESS
There was entertainment for all.
When Saxon came in ne bowed iron
ically to Chairman Smalls, saying: 81
doff my chapeau to your distinguished
name"
Andrews, OF Sumter, moved for a five
minutes rule, no member to .speaF
more than twice on the same subject.
Jenkins, of Berkeley, was not ready
for the question. "The reason, Mr
Chairman, for my non-readiness Is
this" He then opposed gag law.
Andrews declared that nothing but
gag law was known in Berkeley Coun'
ty. 1t was a poor rule that didn't
| work both ways.
Prioleau, of Berkeley, jumped up ane
shouted excitedly: stop that! Dom
insinuate on Berkeley. We had to dc
that to keep down the money power
The irrepressible jenkins rose to g
question OF personal privilege. He hao
been particularly attacked" by the
gentleman from Sumter, who belonged
to the ungodly ring which was trying
to rule politics in South Carolina. II
was true that gag law had been prac
ticed on Berkeley, but she has force
of ambition that don't submit to it."
Dickinson suggested that too much
food was being given to the neWspa'
pers, and proposed a suspension OF the
discussion.
jenkins kept up his humorous re.
marks for some time. to the great
amusement of his faction, who whoop-
ed rim up literally. Atlast an amend
ment by Jenkins, extending the limit
to ten minutes, adopted.
Fred Nix rose to do something he
had never done before-make an apol-
ogy tor good behavior. He admitted
that he had got somewhat excited last
night from the manner things we're
proceeding here and the rulings Of the
Chair. He might make an apology to
the Convention, but not to the presld-
ing officer-for be was responsible for
it. He recounted his efforts to obtain
recognition from the Chair and their
failure. The Chair saw and heard him,
but deliberately ignored him.
Nix made rambling speech, touch
ing fragmentarily upon dozen sub.
jects, but rather obscurely. He had
said last night he was afraid he might
be forced to support Tillman. 1t was
very hard, for he was something of an
aristocrat himself. ICheers and laugh
teri He believed in educated white
men. When we got such in office there
would not be so much oppression of ne
groes. He might be excluded from the
Republican party, but he wouldn't vote
TOR Alonzo Webster.
Miller tried to interrupt him, and
Nix appealed to the Chair. If the
Chair had not the manhood to protect
him in his rights he (Nix) had the man
hood to protect himself. ICheers. He
alluded to his course at the Chicago
Convention. which seems to have been
privately criticised. He had voted for
Alger because he thought best. He
had not, like the Chair, gone to Bayne
of Pennsylvania, to ask how to vote, or
like Alonzo Webster, to Charncey
Depew for the same purpose. He
touched up Matt Quay rather causti'
cally.
lie taunted Miller with his failure tc
get to Congress. 1t was the very devil
he said, when a man had both the ad
ministration and his constituents
against him. Yet the gentleman-this
would-be Congressman, who, thank
God, wouldn't get to Copgress-came
here saying that the Administration
was against Brayton. He wound up by
saying that the Republicans of the
North and West didn't want to have
negroes in Office, and the Convention
knew 1t.
Miller dramatically } The very vile
attack of the gentleman from Barn.
well, melted by Mr.. Brayton, against
Senator Quay falls harmless, for it is
not in the power Of the gentleman from
Barnwell to touch the hem Of the gar
ments of the Senator from Pennsyl
vania AS to his attack on me say
addressing Nix) if you can enjoy any
thing-out Of the buZZing you are max
ing buzz on but, shoe fly" Applause
and laughter.
Jenkins made another attack on the
Chair. He had met such parlimentar
ians as the Chair before now, and they
all had come from that little town on
the Gulf Stream. Laughter
T. II. Jones, OF Charleston, said that
he belonged to that class Of men who
was not ambitious for the fame OF
newspaper notoriety and did not care
for his name to appear as a speaker or
this floor. He wished to tell Frederick
Nix, of Barawell, that he had stabbed
! the Repnblican party in the back. Mr.