The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-10-03
The vote or the question OF limiting

ed taking a yea and nay vote Oh tn
question of nominations. The Vott
resulted 1913 to 30 in favor Of nomlna
tions and the convention decided to g
| into nominations n short time.
DELEGATES WITHDRAW.
Just few minutes after the VoT'
was announced NJ. Z. Howell Of Cole
tod, followed by every delegate from
his county, announced that ttey Woulc
withdraw from the caucus and woulC
not remain in the convention to take
part in its deliberations. NJ. 0 Dantz
Ter made the same announcement fof
the Orangeburg delegation aud they
marched out of the caucus. The fol
lowing were the Orangeburg members
J. X. Hane, J. A. Peterkln, John 5
Rowe, &. D. RaSt, J. NJ: CrossWell, J.B
O'Neal Holloway, 7. &. Dukes, w. B
Trezevant. Col. A. D. Goodwin and
II. NJ. Rush remained.
A number Of individual members OF
the various delegations withdrew, as
follows: J. Richardson and l.. w. Par
ker of Greenville; Mr.. Folk Of Barn
well. one Of the secretaries OF the eau
Gus: Henry Fuller of Beaufort; nearly
all of the Newberry delegation and
over half of that from Spartanburg
Hhe names of the Newberry aud Spar
tanburg delegates who pulled out
could not be learned.
The resolution on which the debate
On nominations took place was intro
duced by C. 2. Sanders OF Spartanburg,
and was that the convention deemed il
expedient that nominations be Dlade at
this time. Some Of the delegations
showed good, hard sense In their estl-
mates of the political situation. IN the
reports from the counties eighteen
reported that they couldn't be carried !;
thirteen reported that they could be
carried and five were doubtful. Not
withstandipg that the delegates from
eighteen counties reported that they
would be beaten and were sensible III
this report, majority OF the delegates
favored mountainous. Aiken and Ao'
beyille reported that they would not
stand a show. Abbeville said she could
not carry three hundred votes. Some
of the Anderson men thought they
could carry the county and some that
they couldn't.
Thirty or forty speeches were made
on the resolution of Mr.. Sanders. The
following were some of the speakers on
each side:
For nominations-Paul Hempbill of
Chester, T. B. Butler of Union, Mayor
Dargan of Darlington, G. 5. Nettles OF
Darlington, Mills Mooney Of Green
Vile. N. &. Gonzales of Columbia, A.
B. Williams Of GreenVille.
Against nomlnations-Gen. Edward
McCrady of Charleston, l.. w. You
mans of Barnwell, J. F. Richardson OF
GreenVille, w. G. McGowan OF Aboe-
vile, Mr.. Cromer OF Newberry AND
Martin Woodward OF Aiken.
After the speaking was hnlsAed a
rising vote was taken on calling the
previous question. This was done and
the question was called for. Then the
roll of counties was called, but a yea
and nay vote was demanded and was
taken, resulting as announced.
APLATFORM COMMITTEE.
Shortly after 2 O'clock a platform
committee was appointed and the eau
Gus took a recess VI an hour to give the
committee time to report. The plat
form was to be adopted before the con-
Vention went into nominations.
at 230 o'clock motion was made to
rescind the vote 10y which nominations
were decided on. rne motion to res
cind was lost by vote Of 43 to 70. at
that hour it began to look very doubt
full if the caucus would make nomlna-
tions after all. A great many dele
gates had left the hall in disgust and
had refused to take any part in the pro-
ceedings. The attendance had dwin-
died very much and the nomination
people began to get frightened.
At 80 o'clock nothing had been
done. The committee on platform was
still out and had not reported. AT
3 30 o'clock the caucus looks like 1t Is
going to make q complete fzzle on the
Questltn Of nominations. So many
delegates have left the hall that there
is scarcely a handful sitting IN the
chairs and standing around, at least so
1t seems through the glass doors.
Prominent members of the caucus who
have come out state positively that no
nominations will be made.
1t is learned that the committee on
platform also has imposed upon it the
duty of making the nomination of
State ticket. The committee consists
of one man from eacy county. n. u
Gonzales is the representative from
Richland and Nike Brown from Barn
well. At 4 O'Clock this morning the
committee has not reported and there
are decided indications of tlickerlng on
all sides.
About midnight several notable. Re
publican leaders came to the State Cap
itol. Their coming was mystery, the
explanation of which no one seemed tc
know anything. They stood in the
lobby down stairs. Among them were
Bob SmalIs, ,Brayton, Fred Nix, Edmund
Deas and State Chairman Webster
They at first defeated all efforts tc
probe the OBJECT Of their presence there
and in the city. 1t was finally ascer
tanned. however, that they had come
here IN advance OF their committee
meeting scheduled to be held next
Tuesday, for the purpose Of watching
to see what the True Democrats" dlc
and what the Irby committee dc
thereafter bearing on the subject II
was ascertaIned further from pretty
reliable source that it was their pur
pose, in case no nominations were
made 10 call their Syate convention
Immediately and put out full STATE
ticket. This is given for what ii Is
worth, and may mean a good deal II
the long run.
A few minutes after 4 o'clock Col
I. w. Woodward of Fairfield was ask
ed what the convention would do
Busted all to hell" was his short bu
forcibIe answer, and it told the story
better than a column of high-nowI
words.
NO NOMINATIONS.
1t was exactly 4 10 o'clock this morn
Ing when the caucus threw open It!
qoars and the convention began 1t:
work. The convention was in session
precisely five minutes when it ADJOURN
ed sine ole without making nomina
tions. Even the com nittee on plat
form and nominations, which went GU
to make nominations, reported agalnS
nominations and fixed no platform. /