The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-05-23
THE STATE CONVENTION.
A Love Feast at Columbia. and
Harmony Control South Carolina
Democrats. =.
Speoialt to Oharleston Erenira Posi-.


this time is sho wn by the fact that to-
day at the State convention ex-Gov.
John Sheppard nominated in behalf of
the Edgeield delegation the Hon. b.
r. Tillman for delegate at large to the
national convention and the nomina-
tion was Immediately seconded by Mr..
James Cosgrove, Of Charleston.
Col. Willie Jones, the State chair
man, caused no end of merriment when
he named all the candidates for Gov
ernor as members of the committee to
escort the temporary chairman to the
chair.
All. the candidates for Governor,
Senator. Tillman, Congressman Lati-
mer, ex-Gov. Sheppard, ex-Gov. John
Gary Evans Major Tom Woodward
and no end of notable figures in South
Carolina politics are on the floor.
Promptly at 12 o'clock Col. Willie
Jones, State chairman, took the stand
and called the convention to order.
Nearly all the delegates were in the
hall at the time and there was per-
feet buzz of conversation. The Gov
ernor was sitting on tho left.side Of the
hall. Senator Tillman was moving
about the House, but finally took his
seat with the Edgefield delegation in
the left rear side of the hall. Mr. Lat
inner sat on the right.
The convention was opened with
prayer by DR.. Evans, rector Of Trinity
Church. The convention stood during
the prayer. Mr.. Campbell, of Ander-
son, then presented the name OF John
E. Breazeale for the position of tenn
porary chairman. In doing 80 he re-
ferred to the past history Of the State,
and said the name of>his friend was
too we'll known to require praise at
his hands. Mr.. Bowman, Fir. Steven
son, Mr.. Boggs and others seconded
the nomination of Mr.; Breazeale. Mr..
Breazeale was elected unanimously,
and Col. L.. e. Campbell, Gov. Nc
Sweeney, A. 81. Patterson, F. B. Gary,
and Col. Hoyt were appointed COM
mittee to conduct him to the chair
amid applause and laughter.
Mr Breazeale was then introduced
and he thanked the convention for the
honor. He explained why the con-
vention had assembled. Since the last
convention in this State new issues
and problems had arisen and many
events had transpired in the political
world. Almost throughout the world
there had been uprisings Of the people
in behalf of liberty. The United
States had played no unimportant part.
q:ka had been freed Tron, spa:n's gess
and had a republican form of govern
naent. But now the United States was
spbduing another people in tho Philip
pines. This was against the. princi-
nles for which'our forefathers fought.
The Republican party. seems to have
forgotten what onr forefathers endur-
ed at Valley Forge. The Democratic
party stood against this and for the
principles for which she had ever stood
for d government for the people, Of
the people and by the people,. Under
the leadership of the great .commoner,
w. j, Bryan, the party hopes; In ! Mo-
vemDsr to take care OF all these things.
Mr. Breazeale went on to pay his re-
spects to trusts. ItS.would. be a fight
hesvsan Ess E.ss fszn people and the
trusts. Bryan'sl nams, he declared,
was o platform in itself. (Cheers.)
Mr: W.sD. Evans nominated Mr.. T.
G. Hamer, ,clerks0f, ,the! House, for Tom
porary secretary, and he was ,pnani-
mously eiecteH. 80 g