The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-08-21

ly with your movement than any other
man in your midst, and have beer
unswerving in my principles. shall
hew to the line mapped out by you
and as advocated by me on this floor
and | shall staLd for those principles
until they are written in letters which
cannot be mistaken; in letters which
will be written over the world, and
when the history of this movement IL
written they will say in unmistakable
characters, "Behold the adminstra.
tion which has but one object, the hap
piness and prosperity of the entire
people of South Carolina" prolonged
cheers.)
The speech is regarded as one of the
best which Mr.. Evans has ever made
and his friends were delighted. Among
those who cheered his remarks was
General Ellerbe, who had a seat just
in front of the speaker.
THE NOMINEE FOR LIEUT.. GOVERNOR.
The chairman of the convention then
Introduced DR.. w. I'll. Zimmerman, the
nominee for Lieutenant Governor: AS
the doctor, who had fixed himself up
for the occasion, mounted the speak
er's stand, and began to glance around,
very much as would an elephant upon
a crowd in the menagerie of q circus,
o slight litter was heard about the
hall, which in a few moments devel-
oped into general laugh. The doc
tors face and shape, which he has
been running on through the cam
paign, were too much for the crowd.
But he stood it and proceeded to make
a bright speech. DIR. Zimmerman said
Gentlemen Of the Convention: have
read somewhere, in some book, at some
time, where doge of Venice went to
visit the court of Louis XIV, in France.
He stood about and seemed to be thor
When asked what surprised him most,
he answered "To find myself here"
| (Cheers and prolonged laughter.) Cen
tlemen, that is the way it is with me
today. Here, in the preseece of this
assemblage, can we'll say I am sur
prised at the unanimity with which 1
have been endorsed for the office Of
Lieutenant Governor. For this conf
dence, l sincerely thank you, and ask
you to bear to your constituents my
grateful acknowledgements. AS my
distinguished young friend has claimed
to be the representative of the young
men, claim to stand here as the rep
resentative of the older men. Laugh
his efforts for the honor of South Car
olina. (Cheers.) am but an humble
citizen. / have lived on u farm always,
but my heart always beats in unison
with all the people. l don't profess to
be an orator, but pure aud loyal Re-
former. (Cheers.) My destiny is with
the Reformers of South Carolina. 1t
will be my pride and glory, in the dis
charge of the duties of my Office, to re-
present the whole people of South
Carolina"
DR.. Zimmerman at the conclusion of
his address was loudly applauded.
There were repeated calls for Ellerbe.
He had just come in and taken his seat
near the front, and he responded by
going upon the stand. Mr.. Ellerbo
said:
Gentlemen of the Convention: l don't
know that can thank you for what
you have done today, Uaughter.) but
| do say that am not mad with you,
nor am / sulking. We have had u
fight inside the ranks. My distin-
guished opponent, whom you have
nominated, Knocked down the persim-
mon, and not only congratulate him,
(applause) but pledge him the hearty
support of my friends, as we'll as that
of myself. will prove to you that l
am a Reformer from principle, and that
can work as we'll for Reform at home
as in Office. My distinguished friend
will have my cooperation to make his
administration success. Voice:
"Bravo!")
Calls were then made for Mr.. Tindal,
who was absent from the city. Mr..
Appelt then stated that he took the re-
sponsibility of endorsing for Mr.. Tin
dal what Mr.. Ellerbe had said. This
announcement was greeted with much
cheering.
When the speaking was ended, the
convention was nearly ready to ad-
jOurn, and vote of thanks to the
chairman and secretary was passed.
But the question of nominating a full
ticket had been only postponed, and
its advocates were not satisfied to let
it go that way. They were determined
to make fight, and thereby disregard
the advice Of Tillman and Evans, who
were opposed to nominations at this
time. A motion to adjourn became the
were demanded, which resulted in a
close vote-yeas, 172; nays, 125.
During the time the vote was being
counted o. g. Jordan offered tho fol
lowing resolution:
"Resol yed, That this convention
unanimously endorse the candidacy of
B. II. Tillman for the United States
Senate and pledge him our earnest
and honest support"
This was passed unanimously and Mr..
Jordan was appointed q committee to
go for Governor Tillman and request
him to visit the convention.
Mr.. Jordan returned in few min
utes with the Governor and there was
the usual scene when this favorlte OF
the people appears. Cheering and
waving of hats greeted him.
The Governor mounted the platform
and said that this ovation was an unex-
pected one. He hardly knew how to
thank the convention for the honor
conferred. He congratulated the con-
vention on the harmony and good feel
ing manifested. If Reformers would
| lock shields, as he thought they would,
they would march on to victory and tC
further achievements.
"You are aware OF the fact" he said,
that ] am going to the Senate,
Voice: "And you are going to be
| President"
The Governor said that he would
renew to the convention the pledge he
had made on the stump to the people
that was to use his pitchfork on every.
body in Washington who got in the
way of the people. He said it ap-
peared to him that Democracy was
doomed to defeat 1t didn't deserve
anything else after the corruption and
debauchery which had characterized
it's leaders. The people are casting
about for new leaders because the old
| ones are rotten.
The Governors speech was brief and