Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-07-17
Confc rcncc Of Anti.Tillmanitcs.


1t was attended by over four hun
dred members, and every county in
the State was represented except
Pickens. Oconce was represented
by Messrs. w. a. Lowery and n. III.
Hughs.
The following preamble AID reso-
lntions were adopted:
Whereas, on the 9th day of
March ultimo, convention assembled
i'll the city of Columbia under the call
of G. w. Sholl and others, assuming
to represent the Farmers Association
of South Carolina, and suggested to
the people candidates for Governor
and Lieutenant Governor; and
whereas tho leaders of the move
mcnt thus mauguratcd have assailcd
the integrity of the Democratic
party of South Carolina in it's ad-
minictration of the affairs of the
government of the State, and have
charged its chosen and trusted Off
cials with extravaganza, imbccility,
dcbauchcry and perjury; and where
rs it is believed and confidently as
serted that the affairs Of the State
since 1876 have been administered
with ability, with justice, with un-
impcachablc integrity in strict com
pliancc with the demands of the
platforms Of the Democratic party,
and in faithful obedience to the re-
quircmcnts of the Constitution and
laws of the State; and whereas in
the prosecution of the issues thus
presented, without precedent and
without justification, prcjudiccs have
been excited and strifscs have
been cngcndcrcd which jeopartlizc
the unity and solidity of lhc Demo
cratic party, and which impcril the
maintenance of white supremacy in
South Carolina; and whereas Il is
the duty of all good citizcns, mem
bers of the same political household,
who arc willing to subordinate self
interest to the public veal, who are
willing to sacrifice personal aspira-
tlons to the general welfare, having
one country and Il common destiny,
TO heal III" breach now existing and
restore harmony in the Democratic
party; and whereas, to this end it is
important that the individual iudc
mcnt of every Democratic voter in
South Carolina should be separately
expressed; and, whereas, the people
demand that hereafter nominations
for State officers should bc made by
primary clcction; therefore be it
Rc$oicei Isl, That the delegates
to the nominating convention called
by the Democratic Executive Com
mittcc to convene on the 10th day Of
September proximo, should be cho-
sen by primary election.
81, That committee be aEpontcd
by nc conference to prepare and
proy"osc for adoption by the convcn-
ton allied by the Democratic Exccu-
tive Committee for the 18th OF Au-
gust proXimo, an amendment To the
Constitution of the Democratic
party of South Carolina, providing
for Il primary election, which shall
contain the most stringent rules and
regulations for the conduct of such
primary election so rs to insure the
most perfect fairness in the manage
mcnt and the most truthful countinr,
and returning of the results this1rr""niI
.. he*oI"e", That .ss3s'rfnmiiiicc com. '.
posed OF two m.esHsitbcrs at large and
OF One from re leach Zach Congressional Dis
,L'c' ,, o. oo..,,"1siic State, be appointed for
eogeF purpose of advising and coop
Grating with those Democrats in the
several counties of this State who
are in favor of sustaining the intcg-
rity of the straightout Democratic
party and sustaining and following
the Constitution Of the regular
Democratic party, and of proposing
such measures within the lines of
the regular Democratic organization
as in their judgment may conducc to
the consolidation and extension OF Il
sentiment in favor Of sustaining the
principles and rules OF the straight
out, regular Democracy of the
State, and that Democrats who are
in sympathy with the objects OF this
conference, arc hereby requested, as
far rs possible, TO conform to the
suggestions of said committee.
The following persons comprise
the committee:
AZ largc-J. ID. Kennedy, Ircdcll
Jones.
First Congressional District Ed
ward McCrady, Jr., Of Charleston.