The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-15
ChPERS ON DECK.
He Bosses the Republicans from
Start to Finish in
STATE CcNVaNrL'sN.
He Mak.s D,as Chairman Who Makes a
Red Hot sDsect, Abusir7 Senator
Tillmar, END Says :he Dsy fsr
the nown Trodden Negro
Is st Hand

The Republican STATE Convention
met in Ccl, mbis on Wednesday. 4
H. D as, colored, was elected Cnalf-
nsn over John r Taibers, Wn1te.
Aside from the usual resolutions,
smother feature Of tie can77ntion vas
the adoption OF a rule leQairirg regis
tration or at least proper sGPhcs!lcr
for such, as prert Q2islte to voting.
Resolutions were sdopted congrasa
latiDg the country On continued otts
perity under Republican s5n'n:ssla
tion, ccmnending the WORK OF oovn
branches Of congress and our psSfi-
otic" president. VI. .ha
Chairman Deas, after calling zee
convention to order, mace a ieu no'
speech, in which he said Sne con'en
lion might, il it SO desired, nemtnsIe
= Ststg ticket. Other business OF the
convention, he said, was the reorganl'
1at,on OF the State executive commit
tee Deas warmed up IS he proceed
ed. raising his voice to q loud plecn,
and declared that If the putting TO
6ight Of one OF the greatest powers on
earth by the japanese, colorec race
gss not encouragement and hope fo1
the negro, he had water In bis veins.
''Todsy is the time for the down
trodaen to climb" be shouted. This
declaration was greeted with applause.
He paid his compliments to Senator
Tillnan and the dispensary, asserting
thst every man who has touched the
rotten dispensary, even the distin-
euished Democratic S5ste chairman,
had come out dirty Be said the
primary system vas q curst; formerly
The best element could keep dcSn the
worst, but such was not the csse no"
he ssid that the negro vas no longer
blowing lone yaller mule" but that
many were now operating six sno
eieht.muie fsrns others were bank
ers, real estate agents, Merchants, etc
''Colored men don't want to rule, y
said Dsas. He declared that ths
State wss controlled by the under
strata Of white society" he SAID a
certain character" had been appoint
ed collector Of internal revenue snc
that he would die and go te hell be
fore be would serve under hiH.' He
said he told the leaders in Washing
Ton that unless the nomination vas
Withdrawn all the negroes in South
Carolina would vote the Democratic
ticket.
Z. ". c. B!slock acted as secretary
and ". F. Myers assistant secretary
Of the convention.
PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
The convention vas called to order
IN the colored Masonic ball on Assem-.
bly, street at Is O'Clock Wednesday
afternoon, afaer considerable delay,
caused by log rolling among the Vsrs-
GUS leaders.
The expected fight between E. 81
Dsss and L. W. G. Blslock for the
Sssts craftsmanship did not material
izs, but it developed that the rea'
contest was betwesn the faction
headed by National Conmitteen IL
John G. Capers, ex district attorney.
and another led by District Attorney
Ernest F. Cochran, both OF whom put
forward candidates for State chair
man, Capers supporting Dess, who
wss elected over Jo.1n E. Tolhert, by
q vote Of sS 30 26, thus demonstrating
that Capers dominated the conven,
tion and bis friends were in absolute
control.
Another feature Of the convention
was the adoption Of a rule which ex
cludes everybody frcn the party coun-
oils, from precincts On up, who is not
registered OF has not made proper sp-
plication for registration.
On motion OF Capsrs, r. &. Tol'
bert vas then elected vice Chairman
By scclanation and by the sams mo
tion L. W. G. Blalock and J E. Viii
son were elected members at large OF
the State executive committee. Tae
other members OF this committee ase
IS follows:
IGE SIAIh COAAI4 AGh'
First district-C. NJ. e .gli.h, W.
T. Myers, r q. jenkins.
Second clstrict-W. S. Dixon, G. A.
Reed, E. J. Dickerson.
Third district ". Tolbert, B.
3. Esndri1, John Scott.
Fourth district-W. r. Smith, 3.
F. Means, J. ". Dawkins.
Fifth district E. Boykin, G 20.
Watts, W. NJ. Goodwin.
Sixth district. e. Levy, J. A.
Baxter, Jas. Thorpe.
Seventh district-Abial Lathrop, J.
q. Goodwin, r. 3. Richardson.
Al large-E 8. Deas, R. E. Tol.
bert, Jr., L. W. C. Blalock, Rsy. J.
E Wilson.
Following is a list of the county
chstrnen: Ahbeville, r. R Tolbart,
". ikop r ,hart r. PerrT: An6ar