Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-10-03


CATION, DO way of illustration,
stood five to six. For few min
utes after the announcement that
those in favor of nominations had
carried the day everything was
quiet in the hall, but then all of a
sudden came the crisis. The break
was made. Orangeburg, Newberry,
and Colleton rose and left the hall.
Representatives of the Spartan
burg, Greenville, Pickens, Horny,
Barnwell, and other delegations
got up and had their say and with
that retired from the convention
hall. 1t was enough to put the
damper upon the spirits of even a
more enthusiastic caucus, espe-
cially when it was considered that
several Of the counties were unrep-
resented and a majority of the
counties reported that they could
not be carried for another State
ticket. This general migration
must have had a very demoraliz-
ing effect.
coLLEToN, oRANGEBURG, AND NEW
BERRY LEAVE.
It is announced that as instruct
ed the first of the delegates to leave
the hall were those from Colleton
and Newberry. Capt. Dantzler, of
Orangeburg, said that his delega-
ton considered itself virtually in
structed, and with the exception
of Col. Goodwin and H. M. Rush
the entire Orangeburg delegation
retired from the hall. Newberry,
as announced in the debate, retired
from the hall with its entire dele
CATION, and Colleton did likewise.
A portion of the Spartanburg dele
CATION (said to be fve) retired
from the hall. Mr.. Folk, of Barn
well, also retired and begged to
state: 81 represent q portion of
Barnwell county where the ma
iority of our people are neither
fools nor Tillmanites. We can
carry our place two TO one fol any
ticket this convention might NOM
mate, but, as a representative of
those people in this convention I
enter my solemn protest against
making nominations at this time" :"
A PARLIAMENTARY PARADOX
Some one suggested that the
vote whereby the caucus had de-
sided to make nominations be re-
scinded, but the convention did
not care to 60 back on it's record,
and by a vote Of IS to So refused
to rescird the action of the caucus
whereby it was pledged to make
nominations. Yet at this time it
was seen that the convention was
fast going to pieces. Soon after
this a motion, so it is said, was
introduced suggesting that the
convention adjourn sine die and
condemning those delegates who
withdrew from the caucus. The
resolution was voted down by a
majority of ten or fifteen votes.
About this time the Marlboro dele
CATION left the hall to 60 home, as
did many of those from the Pee
Dee section.
THEY DIE HARD.
Yet in all of this confusion and
evident disintegration of the forces
of the convention a committee on
nominations was appointed and
had retired to get up its work. =:
THE END IN SIGHT.
1t was during the absence of this
committee as we'll as that on plat
form that there seemed to be a
spontaneous desire on the part of
the delegates present to throw up
the sponge and quit the whole bust
ness as they saw 1t did not meet
with general approval, and so it
was that at about 4 o'clock when
the motion suggesting that nomi-
nations be made: which had been
passed, was withdrawn, and the
convention stood exactly where it
began. Nothing had been done.
Mr.. Williams then introduced the
resolutions which were subse-
quently passed in the convention.
A STATEMENT FROM EDITOR GONZALES
Editor Gonzales, who was strong.
ly in favor of nominations, at my
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