The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-10

Iiavc &c csn whip Webster, and / want
20 SKIN him alive.
p .a= %: motion rushed through
then to l..ve the conVcution divide into
districts and select o.I.er members-
three from each district This was
done, while Smalls, Paws and Others
were vigorously kicking against the
election CT rolbert and Webster.
F.rst D:suict-J a Baxter, G A
Reed, = l. Grast.
Second E } Dickersoo, Y S Dixon,
?. Simpsins
Third S Adams, A J McrFick, R.
K Williams.
Fourth-B F Means, L F Gold
smith, L W G Blalock.
Fifth-W ( Boykin: + r Massey,
G j Pride
Sixth-DrJ j R Levy, Z j Sawyer,
r A Stewart.
Scventh-A Lathrop, W W Ramsey,
Jr.. j b Abbey.
D:as then stated that the convention
had been in session de facto since the
last evening at I o'clock. He thoreupon
moved to leave the selection of the nine
presidential electors to the State execu-
tive committee.
Gen. Smails hoped that the motion
would not prevail. They had l24 men
here who had come here to name these
electors. We're they incompetent? Did
they have to leave it to % creatures OF
the conventionb. Who could they ez
pect to vote for ticket they could
not nominate? He regretted that the
motion came from the State chairman.
They should nominate the ticket them
selves. There were men all over the
country who were willing to vote for
the ticket. He would advocate the
nomination Of an entire State ticket.
(Applause Put them up and let them
down if they would. They had on the
statute books the most Infamous l,w
ever knosn and the administration of
it was worse than the law. 1t was best
to shoW the people of the north and
esst that til we're being counted out.
Tillnan would say, if they named no
ticket that the people were satisfied
with the law. The Democratic party
don't respect quiesceDt Republican.
There were plenty in the party to say
on the outside "Pm southern Demo
crat and northern Republican" He
vas speaking what he believed to 5e
right. Gen. Smalls said be had called
the first gathering Of the Republicans
ever held in the State. He did not
want the party disbanded in this way.
Couldn't they find nine men out Of os
fee for electors. He had spoken a
week ago of the disfranchisement on
the same platform With Roosevelt. Had
they hired Ben Tillnan and sent him
out they could not have done the Re-
pulican party more good. If South
Carolina continued to defrsud them of
their vote the day would soon come
when South Carolina would have Que
instead Of seven congressman. No
man loved his State better than he did.
He came to the State against his will.
(Applause.) When Mckinley is elect
ed there will be white men by the huu-
dreds knocking at the door Of the party
to get in.
a motion to table the motion of Deas
prevailed.
The convention then proceeded to
elect electors. Dickerson impressed
upon them the necessity for putting
out strong electoral ticket. They
wanted ticket that would get the
votes
4 committee Of nine to select cleo
tors and report them to the convention
was aked for.
Murray wanted the convention to
elect the two members at large and the
delegations from the districts get to-
gether and name the others Murrays S
idea prevailed.
Chirman Deas thea nominated Dr..
Crum aud L. W. c. Blalock as the two
electors at large. They were elected
unanimously.
The other electors were named as fol-
lows:
| I3TSE-OeO. >
Second-T A. Odom, Edge6eld.
Third. ". Tolbert, Ninety Six.
Four:h--H H. FELTON,, (ahise
Fifth r p. Roberts, Cherokee.
Sixth-M. K. Holloway, Marion.
Seventh-Geo. ". Murray, Sumter.
Gen. Smalls then moved to proceed
with the nomination of full State
ticket.
Deas moved to lay the motion on the
table as piece ''of absolute foolish
ness, but later withdrew the motion.
Gen. Sna!ls then moved that com
mittee De sppointed TO name full
State ticket or report the reasons why
it should not be named.
Boykin moved that Snalls be noni-
mated governor, and moved to lay the
motion on the table.
The Small motion was then adopted
and the committee was appointed as
follows:
First-G. I. Cunningham.
Second-P. Simpkins
Third-E. T. Cochran.
Fourth-E. W. Scre7en.
F.fth-W. Z. Boyk;n.
SIXTH. E. Wilson.
SeVenth-A. Lathrop.
At Large-Robert Snalls, chairman;
E. \. Webster.
Dickerson wanted few words sent
to the people Of the north. He said
some celored man north had said that
Republican success meant no more
than Democratic success. In the north
they had gone 10 the Democratic party.
All these had been sent back to the
Republican party by the race trouble
recsctly in New York. He would ad
wise them to 60 to Mckinley. Bryan
represented certain class Of men in