The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-05-24
REPUBLICANS IN A ROW.
Gu-LAH SMALLS MAKING IT HOT FOR
CONGRESSMAN MURRAY.

w -fN'' omNt-IO mHNlNd ! s1O FOX
CONGRESSMAN MURRAY.
| Smallu Claims that Murray Was Not Fair
" and squarely Homlnated--Me.tipg of
tho State Rspubliosn Executive Com
m,tt, o-what w as Done.
| COLUMBIA, S. c., May 16 .--Unherald-
ed, the notables Of the Republican par
ty came into Columbia yesterday morn
ing and during the day there was
great rattling Of the dry bones of the
Republican corpse in South Carolina
There was Bob Smalls. the "gullah
statesman" there was George Wash.
ington Murray, the present gullah
trict; there was Jenkins, the "gpntle.
man from Bucksley," there was Dick
inson, Edmund Dpas. Fordham, Bray
ton, the white ex State chairman; Web.
ster, the present State chairman, and
others.
The folio wing is complete list of
those present: T.. A. Webster, chair
man, Orangebura; Robert Smalls, Beau
fort; E. Fl. Deas, Darlington; j. +. Lo-
ptz, ColletOn; Il. w. Murray, Charles
ton; r. e. Brown, Charleston; e. j..
Dickson, Aiken; Professor Morris,
Barnwell; j. II. johnson, Newberry;
| II. A. TolDert, Abbeville; w. J. Thorn
as, Oconee; l. +. Goldsmith, ,Greenville;
B. + Means, Spartanburg; w. L. Boy
kin, Kershaw;J. e. Wilson, Florence
art, Clarendon; w. w. Ramsey, Sum-
ter; George A. Reid, Beaufort; II. T..
Jenkins, Berkeley.
| They came here to attend meeting
Of the State Republican executive COM
mittee and the meeting was held be-
hind closed doors. continuing most of
the day. The principal wolk of the
day was trying to settle first class
row between Smalls and Murray about
the nomination in the First Congress.
ional district. This has not been SET
tied, except in 80 far as result Of the
meeting.
The most important thing done dur
ing the day was the appointment of q
committee, consisting Of Brayton, Ford
ham, Dickinson and Webster, to devise
means for testing the election laws OF
South Carolina as they now stand ir
the courts. This committee proposes
to bring test case IN the State Su
preme Court or in the United State
Court to test the cOnstitutiOnality o
the State election laws. They prOpos
to establish fund for the purpose AM
> employ able counsel to make the test.
Another matter of Importance tran
sacted was the revision Of the rules O
< the party, so as to reach all cases 0
:, redistricting, there being no such pro
L visions heret ofore. The committee an
, nounces that 1T proposes to issue a
address to the Republican voters of tn
0 State very shortly, calling upon ther
I to register, and referring to other mat
ters Of registration.
The committee yesterday did not dis
cSlss the matter of nominating a State
ticket, saying it is as yet too early tt
discuss that matter. They say, how
ever, that they will cali the State con
vention to be held in September, ant
} there the matter of nominating State
ticket will be given serious consiuera
tton. They say they are watching the
to do and their action will be governed
accordingly.
In regard to the Congressional fights
the Republicans will make, they say
that they will not bother with any but
the new First and Seventh districts
In the Seventh the Republican candi
dates for the nomination are: r.. II
Richardson, Murray's private secreta
: ry; Il. B. Johnson and r. Nj. Brayton.
The fight between Murray and Smalls
for the First district nomination is In
teresting. Both claim that they have
the nomination and it looks as If NJ
, matter what comes both are going tt
, be IN the race. The row had its star
about the organization Of the distric
com mittee. This committee met, i
seems, and elected Sperry chairman
pro tenn, in place of II. II. Jenkins, ,wht
was lett In the new Seventh by tn
redistrlcting Of the State. This com
mittee called the nominating cOnven
ton. Smalls and his friends chal
lenged tho legality Of the call but wen
ahead and went into the convention.
. Murray claims that they made no bi
, Kick till the convention met and the
{ fOund that they could not carry III
convention. Murray says that Small
then withdrew with one del. gat,
p trumped up some followers in tn
street and get ting them together mad
them nominate him and declared hin
. 8 |: their regular nominee. Murra
claims tnat Smalls is stopped from All
further contest by his withdra W.
from the convention. Smalls Claim
that tn" change Of the district destroy
ed the Republican organization in tn
t district, and that the convention whic
. nominated Murray was irregular
G Murray claims that the laws Of tn
] State have nothing to do with the Cor
= Rresslonal organizations. He gives tn
Q following letter in support of his pos
t t1oh, and gives some interesting in
formation:
b Hon. e: M. Brayton, of the Nationa
Committee. Columbia. S. G.
My Dear Sir: 1t seems to me tina
Hon. &. W. Murray, member Of Con
gress Of the old'Seventh District, is tn
regular nominee for Congress Of tn
new first district. / understand tina
he was nominated at the district con
vention May 2nd, by vote Of 80 to 1
that the convention was regularly call
0 ed, and that on some technical grounds
: Mr.. Robert Smalls claims that tn
= nomination was Irregular and aD
T. nounces his candidacy.
, | hope that you Will use your goot
/ Offices to see to 1t that Mr.. Murray Il
: sustained, and that no bolt is mad
' against him among the Republicans
The chances are in favor Of the Repub
licans having the next House, and the
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