The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-10
Gentlemen of the Convention,

! SAuuh you Piolouuu1y AOE tuo ulStiu-
guished honor you have conferred
upon me, and invoke your aid in
presiding over your deliberations.
On motion Of Mr.. John Hanckel,
the rules Of the House of Representa-
tives were adopted for the govern
ment of the Convention.
Hon. james B. Campbell offered
the following preamble and resolu-
tion, which were adopted:
Whereas, 1t is understood to be
the mutual desire of this Convention,
aud of the Executive Committee
appointed in April last, that confer
ence should be had for the purpose
of producing harmonious action by
the Democratic party of this State,
BE ii Resoioed, That committee Of
seven be appointed by the President,
for the purpose of comforting with
the Executive Committee of the said
Convention, and TINT the result of
tho conference be reported to this
body.
Under.tho resolution, the President
appointed the following committee:
Messrs. Campbell, Gary, McIver,
Glover, Pelzer, Gilbert md Hanckel.
The Convention then adjourned
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
SECOND DAY-MoRN1NG SESSION.
COLUMBIA, June o.-The Convcn-
tion was called to order at 10 o'clock,
the President, Hon. Charles H. ST.
monton, being in the Chair.
The journal was road and ap-
proved
The following gentlemen appeared
and were enrolled rs members of the
Convention:
Barnwell District Joseph Erwin.
Darlington District Henry L..
Morris.
Edgefield District = james J.
Gre Sc.
Georgetown District Richard Do
zier, T. S. Parker, r. j. Middleton,
Jr., Samuel Samson and a. Nj. Fors-
ter.
The Committee of Conference ap-
pointed the preceding day made the
following report, through its Chair
man:
Tho Committee of Conference with
tho Central Executive Committee of
the Convention Of April last, beg
leave to report:
| That in the Discharge of their
duty, they met that Committee in
free conference, and after an unrc-
served interchange Of views, in which
it became manifest that each Com
mittce was unanimous in an earnest
desire to harmonize and unite in Il
common purpose, that Committee
submitted the following proposition,
namely: '"The Central Executive
Committee having been invited to n
conference by the Convention now
assembled here, and being most So
licitous to secure harmony in the
State, beg leave to submit to the
Conference Committee now in ses-
sion the following basis of union,
namely: That the Convention pro-
coed to the nomination of delegates
to the National Democratic Conven-
ton ut New York, to fill mp the dele
CATION OF the State. And the Execu-
tive Committee pledge themselves to
use all their efforts to have these
nominations confirmed by all the
organizations represented by the said
Committee. The Executive Commit
tee further recommend, that an Exc
cutive Committee be appointed by
this Convention, to act with that
selected by the Convention in April
last; and that, in the opinion of this
Committee of Conference, it is ad-
visable that the two Executive Com
mittees should be consolidated at the
earliest moment possible"
Your Committee think that no
stronger evidence could have been
offered Of n spirit of conciliation and
harmony than this proposition pre-
sents. 1t offers to this Convention
onc-half the appointments to the
New York Convention-the other
onc-half Of them only having been
made by the Convention of April
lust.
This Committee thinks ituubccom-
ing i'll this Convention to revise the ap-
pointment for ono Of the Congress
sionnl Districts Of the State, namely.
the Fourth, that District not being
represented in this Convention. We
therefore recommend that the ap-
pointmcnts from that District be