The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-10-04
NO NOMINATIONS.
Thc Caucus Adjourns without
Tehang Action.

EARLY THIS MORNING THE DEMO
CRATIC CAUCUS AT COLUMBIA De
cIDEs BY A VOTE OF 1873 TO 90 Tc
MAKE Observation-Disclosures
NARY PROCEEDINGS OF THE eau,
Gus PICKED Up HERE AND THERE
NO TICKET SELECTED, AND TIKI
CAUCUS ADJoURNs.
COLUMBIA, September 25.-Spe'
cial: The Convention of Demo
Gratis that meet here on the It'll
and adjourned subject to the cal
of the Convention was called tt
re-assemble here tonight at
o'clock. At midnight, when this
preliminary dispatch is written
the caucus preliminary to the Con
vention is still in session. At
o'clock, when the caucus met, in.
structions were given, in compli.
ance with the resolution of the ex.
ecutive committee, that no one
excepting duly elected or appoint.
ed delegates be admitted. The
newspaper men who applied or
presented themselves for admis-
sion were not admitted.
Mr.. Fishburne, of the Charles
ton delegation, moved to admit
the newspaper men upon the same
condition as last time and explain
ed that those papers that were op-
posed to nominations would no
doubt be all right should nomina-
tioas be made, but objection was
raised and the newspaper men not
delegates were left out in the cold.
The News and Courier correspond
ent received instructions to cover
the caucus as fully as possible and
has given the faots condensed and
as best obtainable in a legitimate
way, notwithstanding guards, etc.
A SMALLER AssEMBLAGE THAN THE
LAST.
The caucus when it assembled
did not have over 1G4 delegates
present. At the last Convention
224 delegates voted ON the question
of making nominations. A num-
Der of additional delegates arrived
on the night trains, but the Con.
vention was not as large as on the
18th. So far rs can be understood
Sumter, Kershaw and Marlboro
had no representatives in the hall
Col. Graham and Mr.. Altamont
Moses, of Sumter, did missionary
work against nominations. When
the caucus met the delegates were
admitted by rolls.
GEN HAGOoD IN COMMAND.
Gen. Johnson Hagood took
charge of the convention. It was
soon developed that the conven-
vention was exceedingly delibera-
tive. 1t did not get to work un-
til 6 o'clock, when the secrereali-
ties began getting up the roll Of
delegates in attendance. About
the first resolution introduced, 80
far as can be heard on the outside,
was one by Editor Williams, who
proposed that tho executive COM
mittee be empowered to name n
candidate for Governor two weeks
in advance of the election. His
resolution did not favor anything
other than the nomination of n
Governor. The resolution was yo-
ted down upon division, and
Mr.. Williams withdrew his reso-
lutions. After discussing the sit
uatlon briefly at Z O'Clock the cau-
Gus took recess to 8 o'clock with
out having done n thing. The
delegates were worried about tho
length of the session.
THE NIGHTS SESSION WITH CLOSED
DOORS.
At the night session the caucus
still had it's doors closed and upon
motion the different delegations
were called upon to make reports
as to the possibilities of q State
ticket in their counties favored
nominations or not. There were
in many instances reports from q
county each of them differing as
to the sentiment of the county.
COUNTY DELEGATIONS DIVIDED.
For instance from Abbevil!,
Mr.. Graydon wanted nominations