The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-04-21

James Wtgg moved that the rules Of
the House of Representatives be adopt
ed for the guidance Of the convention.
1t was suggested that the House was
Democratic. Wigg laughed and said it
did not matter. The motion was car
ricd.
Hyde then spoke against tho motion,
| saying the delegates should be nomi.
mated from the floor and that any other
method would be wrong. The report
was adopted.
Scipio Startling talked about ten mill
| uteS about some amendment he wished
to propose to the report Of the commit
tee, which had already been adopted.
Finally ho was induced to take his seat.
w. II. ltussell said that he only knew
one man on the delegation but he knew
that The nomination of the committee
was all right.
The committee on organization re-
ported as follows: The Republican
party IN this State shall have State
central committee of 100 members.
The officers OF this committee shall
| consist of a chairman, one vice chair.
man, corresponding secretary and re-
cordlng secretary and treasurer; these
| officers to be elected by this convention
| l0r the term OF two years, and to serve
until their successors are elected. The
| officers shall select as rapidly as possi-
bic suitable persons for membership on
this committee and shall appoint with
| out delay a congressional committee
Tor each Congressional District in the
State.
That the officers of the central COM
mlttee, together with the chairman of
the several congressional committees,
shall constitute the Republican State
n " Rtlf fiIvn ,Ntf 4 ,1>
full supervision of the party organiZa-
tion and shall look to the party's in
terest in the State. Adopted.
Under this report the following were
nominated by the committee: Chair.
man, w. II. Smith, white Sumter; vice
chairman, f. M. Stoeber, white, Rich
land; treasurer, w. ii. Rutherford, COL
ored, Richland; Secretary, a. W. Clay
ton, white, lichland; corresponding
secretary, g. G. Johnson, colored, Rich
land. They were electd:
w. w. Russell inquired if the adop-
tion of the report Of the committee on
organization precluded the election of
| more than four delegates at largo.
V. Il. Clayton explained that it was
only competent under the rules Of the
Republican party to elect the delegates
at large at the convention, that the
| others must be elected at the Congress
sional conventions.
Under the report of the committee
| on organization congressional district
chalrmen had to be appointed. a long
| discussion enSued on how this was to
| be done.
James Robinson, Charleston, said
nothing had been done. lie had not
voted or done anything but sit in his
chair, and he could have done that at
| home <lo
something so each delegate could 90
home ana report it. He was prepared
to stay month, If necessary, to COM
plete the conventions work.
| James Williams said he had assumed
the charge Of getting a delegation up
from Charleston, and ne was willing to
put his chest to the bullets of the
enemy, if necessary, to win for his peo-
pie their rights. [Applause.]
| 1t was decided that the delegates
from the various Congr essional Dis
tricts should meet during recess and
decide upon chairmen for their dis.
| tricts.
The convention then took recess
until p. m.
At the afternoon session the follow
| ing chairmen were reported by the del
egates of the various congressional dis
| trictS:
First District, w. III. Blocker, Sum.
merville; Second District, j. Is. OWdom,
Edgelield; Third District, w. w. Rus.
sell, Anderson; Fourth District, Munro
Whitlock, Union; Fifth District, A. n.
| Bowen, kershaw; Sixth District, w. f.
Charles, Darlington, Seventh District,
George Robinson, Orangeburg.
James Wigg, Beaufort, made a long
speech about the position Of the colored
| VI fc ln l,i f,,t
| w. w. Russell, of Anderson, made q
fiery and impassioned speech. He said
the late Convention had done more to
lnjure and impair the credit of the
| state than any other influence could
have. In vigorous language he dc.
nOunced as infamous the registration
Act of 1882. lie said the Democratic
party was split into three distinct or.
ganlzations and if there were not
brains enough in the new Republican
movement to put net on each road
and share each faction they deserved to
be kicked out of the State. The Irby
party says the UaSkellites are damned
Hddicals. Chairman Lyles said his
| qulry was pushed to OranGeburg nice
polite, kind, quiet Mr.. Dibble will say
the Shepardltes are the Democratic
party. This is the time for the Repub-
licans. lie agreed with Governor Till
man in saying that for over 100 years
the State did not have Democratic
form Of government. He had heard
with establishment in 1890 Senator
Butler in the United States Senate ad-
vocatirg the depOrting Of the negroes
back 10 Africa. Senator Butler would
not be able to hitch up his horses or
cook his meals and would be the first to
follow the negro, and w. w. Russell
would be right close to him. lie then
praised the negro for his simple notions
and his lack OF all anarchic and social
istic notions that trouble other kinds of
labor. At the conclusion Of Russells
harangue the convention adjourned
sine die,
! The Raging Tombigboe.
MOBILE, Ala, April 13.-The Tom
bigbee RIVER at Demopolis, Ala, is ris-
ing at the rate of six inches an hour
and great areas of low-lands planted
with corn and cotton are under water
The rise from 6 o'clock last night was
| eight feet The river js within seyen