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**Chairman and [{, .n rd icmp'Tar i secretcry. Tlie fallowing cotton H tii.credentials wire appointed; M. W. William* Guo. A. lined Vincent a. Bcutt, N. B. *y«rFa« and I hadih u* Jones anti anadjournment took p’ace till 4. o'clockp# m.! At 4. p, tn. tlir convent ion a fu r listen *nK *,J the r port of the oncredential* and deciding that the delegate* entitled to neat a mimhercd seventyI one effected n permanent organization1 with litdrert Hinnl!* as president andj Nel win 11, Bcovvl os secretary*BninUel Green was nominated as Senator in pi nee of Ucibtrt Btnalhi withoutopposition. Nominations bring in order fur it re]irtrntntive In place of Samuel | G fecit, the name* of the following ft ■•pi rjatita wire arivfuictd; W. J. Whipptr Hamilton Robinsnn Joseph Cohen W. II j I Middleton Peter Robinson Peter Days i I Itenj, Reynolds Gro. P. Wood* M. L. j Simmon* and on a accrnc! ballot Wi J,! Wliipprr having received forty four rotes was declared the successful nominee.Nominations were now received fora c nnd id ate to fake the place of N. B,Mycrt mfgnrd w follow*; K J. Rnveuoak 1 hlL'nf.v Robinson, iifjnj. Simmon*, Ja*, O* Wyne, J. H Hasf ouib.There being hut seven tv-on*; legal vol.*, to be east, and Mr. Havenmdi having received thirty.six on the second ballot, was evidently the legally elected nomi-nee, but as that was not in accordance with the •‘Slate,’1 a* prepared by the ring f«»r this occasion a third ballot was resor-t«d to, w hen »eventy-/r* votes werepermited to he counted nnd Ren. Simmonswan declared to he the choree of the Convention, On ihc first ballot being had for a atteCcssur to Geo, WnLrlums i* County t ominiiteioner, no let*.* than eleven caodidat«s rectiv td vote* nnd it was not until a third balloting, that Mr, J. Mai tin haling recti\td the numliir of rotes iiec'**ary to a choice, v, as declared the duly eleittd nominee.Resolutions were ;ht-n introduced byI. JK. stiller endorsing the course olGov. Uhumhi-rlnm, nnd applauding Ids afottito prevent the Ik publican party from relapsing into the corrupt practices ; of former administrations,I humus 11 ami I tun m d Geo. A, Reedopposed .tin- adoption of these resolutions,I the latter ottering a substitute which. with the original will be found in a not In r i column. Mr, HuuuIuju up posed the resolutions because In-c-ul.i ni approve the • course of the Guy, r.o.r, which he believed was selling out the Republican partyto t iede.nocr A*, and who fought against Mr, Wbip]w;r^ election to the Judgeship of the bat circuit in urdir to prevent u colored uiun irtnn sitting on the Judicial bench; Mr, II. stonily maintained that the lowest democrat hid more influence with tnc Kicecolive than the Kepuh licanofliighed position. Mr.Myers oppig-ed the adoption nt tin- substitute arguing that the Convert i n was not called upon to vindicate the clinract, r of the Countv Treasurer, nor was it nec***ary forGovernor to lay before the Grand Jury ihc evidence of that oflkcia culpability, j With regard to the charges made, he f had with him the figures which would confirm the*u. While the Treasurer has ever bet-n allowed by law a compensation lor his services not to exceed twenty fivehundr d dollars pi-r annum It could bej proved that Mr. Holmes had received two thousand dollars from the Slate, twelve hundred and fifty dollars troni the County and between six and seven hundred dollars drawn tfum the school funds of the dilfcrcut school districts as commissions. His listeners from those school district* might now learn why thair schools were closed from the luck of funds. These and other statements were I listened to by au uUeiuive audience. Tlu 1 time had passed said Mr. Myers, when the , fiat of a Senator decided who should he ‘ a County Treasurer or Auditor, for w*now had a Governor who did not leave the appointment to the caprice of one man.The President of the Convention Robert Bmalla then offered some remarks in vindication of the Treasurer, and Lieut. Governor Gleave* being present was invited to add**** the Convention and took occasion to give Auhttantrai reasons for granting a respite to the men in C harles ton jail under sentence of death.It was one o’clock Saturday morning when the convenfion adjourned $(ne die.
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The Beaufort Tribune
Beaufort, South Carolina, US
Wed, May 05, 1875
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