Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-07-07
DELEGATE JERyEY.
The Cleveland Mans "reminiscences OF
the Recent Chicago Convention.
News and Courier.


Mr.. Theodore D. .Jervey, the only
v.iginal Cleveland delegate from
South Carolina at the Chicago con-
vention, has just returned to the
city. When asked about his trip,
Mr.. Jervey said:
sNo person that l net in Chicago
made as great an impression upon
me as Mr.. Whitney. Everybody
seemed to fall under the spell OF his
influence. He is a born leader of
men. In that vast assemblage there
were many men of national promi-
nence. l saw Bayard, Dickinson,
Villas, Flower, Daniel, of Virginia,
Campbell, of Ohio, Watterson, of
Kentucky, and many others, but
over them all fell the shadow of the
great New Yorker.
'The finest oratory was for Hill.
This is not simply my own opinion,
but was also remarked to me by a
gentleman who himself delivered
ene- -eeff- -eef-thee the GSinest speeches made,
Congressman Wilson, the permanent
president of the convention. The
finest speeches made in my Judgment
were, first Bourke Cockran's closing
effort, and second Dewitt's nomlna-
zion of Hill. The most successful
speeches were made by frec.aons
Wilson and Col. Mckenzie, of Ken
lucky. Hensel, of Pennsylvania, also
made great speech for Cleveland
and thereby drew upon himself the
full FIRE of Cockran's sarcasm, for he
anticipated the latter's argument and
answered it in advance, which
brought upon his devoted head the
full force of the matchless eloquence
of Tammany's great orator. These
FIVE speeches, the best made, were
entirely different in every particular
In the tilt between Villas and Wat.
terson Watterson came off second best
and, despite thepapers, it is fact that
Tom. L. Johnson, of Ohio, contrib
uted more TO the success of Meals
amendment to the platform thar
Watterson did. The temporary
chairman WIS fine looking man
but he had 10 be prompted during
his speech.
"On account of the letters obtained
for me by Judge Simonton through
Gov. Thompson, l was enabled t.
introduce our national executive
committeeman to several prominen
men and to put him in the way o
meeting others. l introduced Col
Donaldson to Mr.. Wall, of Wiscon
sin, Congressman Wilson, Of Wes
) Virginia, and Mr.. Parker, the secre
; tary of the Cleveland headquarters
Senator Ransom, of North Carolina
l believe, introduced him to Senate
Brice. The Sou.h Carolina delega
tion took their defeat in the mail
very we'll They made quite a jok'
over the weeping willow that ap
peared in lieu of a palmetto tree OF
our badges, and inasmuch as the.
placed the man who broke the sole
delegation on the choice committee
it is apparent that they cherished n
hard feelings. l was placed on tn
committee at the suggestion of Gov
, Tillman, with the unanimous consen
of the delegation, and inasmuch as
candidate for the Presidency woul'
not be apt to question the preyiou
condition of the member who notlfie
him of his nomination, l think it wa
| a pleasant act to name me instea'
of one of the seventeen.
CATER Cleveland's nomination hi
: friends very wisely made every ef
8 fort to conciliate the opposition am
/ with success. South Carolina vote'
solidly for genuine tariff reform, an
l am very hopeful that the tids
S wave that carried Mr.. Cleveland t
2 victory over the determined opposi
ton of many leaders of the Democ
5 racy of national reputation is ind
cative-o of the fact that he is so stron
t in the hearts of the people that moth
: ing can keep him out Of the Presi
dency. Meanwhile 1 think we ought
. certainly a; far as national matter
f 60, to pool our issues and pull a
f together for the nominees and tn
s platform"
4 Let not every pain send thee t
the doctor, every quarrel for the Law