The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-02

4 counties were in favor OF making nomi
. nations Of full ticket.
At9.25 the reports from the variou.
counties were all in and then began
debate about how long to talk and how
long to let each of the delegates talk
Mr.. Sanders, of the Spartanburg
delegation, brought things to o. focus
, by making motion that nominations
} should not be made at this time. Then
J the oratorcial pyrotechnics began, and
at l24O the debate is still in progress
From what can be heard the princi-
pal debaters against nominations are
Howell, of Colleton; Woodward, OF
Aiken: Mower, of New berry; Dantzler,
OF Orangeburg; MCGOWAN, of Abbe-
vile; Sanders, of Spartanburg.
Among those favoring nominations
Graydon, of Abbeville; Simms, OF
Barnwell; 4. Bothweli Butler, of
Union; Dargan, OF Darlington; Verd-
Ter, of Beaufort.
AT twenty minutes to the caucus
decided to make nominations by o
majority OF 33.
a delegate from tho low country,
who has just left the hall, says that
the vote was 80 to l23 in favor of nomi-
nations. The information is that tho
delegations are very much divided.
AS soon as the vote was announced
Capt Dantzler, of Orangeburg. said
his delegation considered itself virtual
ly instructed, and with the exception
OF Col. Goodwin and Ii. M. Rush, the
entire Orangeburg delegation retired
from the hall. Ncwberry, as an
nounccd in the debate. retired from
the hall with its entire delegation,
and Colleton did likewise. A portion
of the Spartanburg delegation (said to
he tive) retired from the hall.
1t is now semi-ofiicially announced
that eighteen counties reported that
they could not carry their counties,
thirteen that they. could carry their
counties and four wcro reported as
doubtful. 1t naturally depends upon
which OF the counties are included in
each of the totals to for in any idea of
the probability Of carrying the election
in November.
| Mr.. John E. Folk made the following
announcement in his opposition to
nominations. II represent portion
of Barnwcll County where the majori-
ty of our people are neither fools nor
| Tillmanites. We can carry our place
two to one for any ticket this conven-
tlon might nominate, but, as a repre-
sentative of those people in this con-
Vcntlon, enter my solemn protest
against making nominations at this
time
[ have just sent in this note to q
leading delegate Are you at
liberty to tell me who will be nominat-
ed for Governor, if anyone? Answer
on this If you can" On the note came
this reply 81 don't believe anybody
will" Further than this nothing can
be said at this hour. The caucus is
now discussing the platform committee
question.
at o'clock u motion was made to
rescind the action of the caucus in re-
gard to nominations. The motion to
rescind was lost by a vote of Is to SO.
1t will be seen that the total vote of
the caucus was 1913.
1t now comes from the caucus at 3
o'clock that a resolution has been in
| troduced to adjourn the caucus sine die,
and condemning those delegates who
Withdrew from the caucus. The reso-
luton was voted down by q majority
of ten or fifteen votes.
Mr.. AltamOnt Moses, nominee for
State Senator, and Col. Graham, of
Sumter, were here to explain to the
delegates the position Of that county
they said that the people Of Sumter
who would, under ordinary circum-
stances, be in favor of movement
icChiiS .o"diuS SIfdlSnG NSnJ, con-
sidered themselves bound and pledged
to abide the result of the primary in
that county. Both factions, they said,
had gone into the fight with an honest
desire to abide the result and would
do so. The people of Sumter did not
want anoter ticket and could not sup
port one if nominated.
| DR.. Sampson Pope, candidate for
Governor, was in the city to-day look
ing over the field and watching the
| political chess board. He wants it
understood that nominations or no
nominations he is in the field and to
stay; He Is OF the opinion that it
would be mistake to make nomina-
tions, and is quite confident just now
that he can clean up the field against
John Gary Evans
The following is the official report
as to the chances OF the proposed State
ticket:
Counties reporting that they could
not be carried for State ticket Aiken,
Abbcvillc, Anderson, Barnwcll, Char
lesion, Clarendon, Colleton, Edgefeld,
Hampton, Lancaster, Laurens, Lcxing-
ton, Marion, Newberry, Orangeburg,
Pickcns, Union Williamsburg-IS.
be carried for State ticket Beau
fort, Chester, Darlington, Fairfield,
Florence, Georgetown, Grcenvillc,
Oconec, Richland, YOrk-10.
Counties reported as divided
Berkeley, Horny, Spartanburg-3.
Counties not represented Four.
Editor Gonzales, who was strongly
in favor of nominations, at my re-
quest has given this statement as to
tho defeat of the plan to nominate:
1t was the sense of the ConyentiOn
that they wereuoutrageously deserted
by men who had submitted their claims
to the judgment Of the Convention, and
after having the fullest frecst and dis
cussion, had been beaten by decisive
majority;
That when they went out they
threatened not only to desert the
ticket, but that they woulG fight it and
put us in the position Of breaking up
the Conservative party.
1--WE refused to rescind the rcsolu-
tion, but concluded, after appointing
the committees on nominations and
platform, to place the responsibility
where 1t belonged and to ahapdon the
whole thing In disgust"
Mr. II. Bothwell Butler, who was
another delegate working for nomi-
nations, explained the finale in this
way. a majority of the convention
was in favor OF nominations, but in
asmuch as four counties were not repre-
sented at all and three counties abso-
lately WiUhdreW and portions OF Others
went out there was general demorali-
zatlon and the delegates realized that
it was absolute folly and moonshine to