The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-22

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be, however wanted the matter tho!
oughly. openly, fairly and honestly dis
cusssd. He spoke 10 behalf Of the can
didate from lis county It had beer
charged that there Was disposition
to gag ty certain men Oh the ilool
Now, it seemed to him, this wss th
place 70 speak Of any opposition. l
those delegates instructed to oppos
nominations did not present their pre-
tests they would be recreant to thel
duty.
MI. Brice replying to the ailuSioa t
"gagging," called Mr. .Jcrdan'S attention
to the fact that the Fairfield delegation
was for Evans.
The chairman again ruled that th'
Colcock motion had been Adopted. Mr.
Colcock pleaded for it to be put agall
to sllay all feeling. Mr.. Pettigru calle,
for the ayes and noes. The chairman
stated that the record showed that he
was right but that he would Eut th
motion again. Tne chairman of eaci
delegation cast the vote for his county
The motion was then adopted by ;
vote of 2S2to IS, the counties OF Fair
field, Horny, Marlboro and Florence
voting in the negative.
THE NOMINATIONS MADE.
Nominations were then called for fol
Governor and Mr.. 0. g. JoCdon rose
He said for the high aud exalted posi-
ton of Governor of South Carolina, ht
desires to place before the convention
the name of one who was a man, & nc
bic man. perfect man, man in every
sense. MIR. Jordan said: In Cckes
bury, in the county of Abbeville. or
October Is, 1863, while the war YVES
raging, there was born a black-eyeC
bcy-cf the union Of Gen. n. &. Evans
a gallant soldier, and Ann Victoria Ga
ry. This boy grew up to become the
Hon. John Gary Evans. He received
his early training at the old Cokesbury
conference school. When he grew uI
he went in 1880 to Union College a,
Scheme ctady, in the State OF New York
He was elected in his junior year presi
dent of his class, marked compliment
for it was the first time Southern boy
had been thus honored The young
man was great favorite of his uncle,
Gen. NJ. w. Gary. After returning
from college he went into the law cflice
of Gen. w. T. Gary in Augusta, Ga
He remained there reading law until
1886, when he returned to his State to
cast his lot among his own people at
Aiken. in a short time the people
called upon him and sent him to the
Legislature to represent them in 1888.
Then in 1890, when the Reform move
ment was inaugurated, be cast his lot
with it, and be has stood by it as grand.
" and honestly as any man in South
Carolina. In 1892 the people raised
him higher and sent him to the Senate.
He has served there with signal ability
for the pass two years. Now we call
upon you t. raise him higher and put
him in as Governor Of this noble old
State. The Rephew OF Martin Wither-
spoon Gary, he inherits all of his many
noble traits" prolonged cheering)
nomination
Senator W. D. Evans then took the
floor. He SAID: Upon an occasion
like this, while we are all here as true
and tried Reformers, l am not one of
those who have anything within me
but a feeling of pride at anything the
Reformers do when they scs. Yet, in
obedience to the small minority vote
that has been cast, wish to put in
nomination the name Of man just
as true as the man who will be Cover.
nor. (Cheers.) / will not go into past
records, but simply present the name
of the Hon. w. II. Ellerbe of Marion,
as candidate for the nomination Of
Governor of South Carolina. (Applause)
The nomination was seconded by Mr.
Cunningham and the Marion. Colleton
and Hampton delegations.
Mr.. E. n. Redfearn of Chesterfield
then presented the name of the Hon.
James E. Tindal Of Clarendon. Mr..
Tindal's nomination was seconded by
several.
The usual motion that nominations
close was passed and the convention
proceeded to vote. AS the name of
each county was called the chairman of
the delegation announced the vote OF
his county The vote for the candidates
stood as follows:
For EVans-Abbevll!e, y; Aiken, s.;
Anderson, Il; BarnwelI, II; Beaufort,
10; Berkeley, Il; Charleston, IS; Cole
ton, 10; Darlington, 8; Edgelield, y;
Fairfield, 8; Georgetown, 6; Greenville,
-; Hampton, 6; kershaE. &; Lancaster,
6; Laurens, s; Lexington, 6; Newberry,
s; Oconee, 6; Orangeburg,l2; Richland,
10; Spartanburg, IA; Sumter, II; UnioD,
8; Williamsburg, s; Yors. 10; total, 1862.
For EIlerbe-Chester, 8; Florence, s.;
Horny, 6; Marion, S; Marlboro, 8; Pick
ems, 6; total, "A.
For Tindal-Cnesterlield, 6; Claren-
don, s; total, II.
On motion the nomination of John
Gary Evans was made unanimous by a
rising vote. There was vociterous
cheering all the while.
On behalf Of Marlboro, Mr.. W. D..
Evans made the molten, which was
seconded by Mr.. Redfearn for Claren-
don and Chesterfield.
Mr.. Jordan moved that committee
of &hree be appointed 10 wait on Mr..
Evans and invite him to the hall, after
notifying him of his nomination.
MIR. Applet moved that the commit
tee be selected from the counties which
voted sgainst Mr.. Evans. (Cheers and
Mr.. w. d. Evans here stated that it
would be best to proceed with the nom
ination of Lieutenant Governor first.
He nominated DR.. w. Ii. Zimmerman
who received the nomination for
Governor by acclamation.
Mr.. CAN'T moved that Messrs Eller
be and Tidal be also waited upon and
invited to seats on the floor Of the con-
Veution.
A committee of live was then ap-
pointed to wait on Mr. Evans and DR..
Zimmerman, notify them Of their NOM
nation, and escort them to the hall; AID
invite Messrs. Tindal and Ellerbe to
seats on the floor. The committee
consisted of J. G. klugh, ID. j. Brad
ham, j. G. Eilerbe, o.. G. Jordan and
w. d. Evans.
OUR NEET GOVERNOR.
After a while the committee returned
escorting Jno. Gary Evans and DE-.
to the stand. Evans came
in on the arms of Mr.. kiugh and Mr.
Jordan. He seemed to be pretty well