The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-25
THE STATE CONVENTION.


On the outer page Of this weeks issue
of The Herald and News may be founo
full report of the late State Conven-
ton held in Columbia last week. Inc
editor of The Herald and News was in
Columbia and saw part Of the proceed
ines. There was no need for the con-
veution to be in session half as long as
it was. The caucus which met the
night before the convention had virtu-
ally completed the work the coaven-
ton was expected to do.
The caucus was not altogether har-
monious. There was Third Party
sentiment in the caucus, but that sen
timent did not prevail. The Oca!a
platform prevailed in the caucus, and
also in the convention. Gov. Illlman
told the caucus that the South must
continue to stand with the North ana
East. We had been Of the opinion
that the Alliance leaders had been ad-
vocatins an alignment with the West
as against the "gold bugs" Of the East.
But then you cannot always sometimes
tell lust what the politicians are after
a. except that you can always be pretty
certain that they want the offices.
The report gives the list Of delegates
to the Chicago Convention. 1t has
usually been customary for the dele
gates from each Congressional District
TO meet and elect or rather suggest TO
the convention the delegates from
their district. In the case of the fourth
district, the delegates from Spartan
burg and Richland were not notlhed
of the meeting as they were known to
be opposed to Tillman md in favor OF
Cleveland.
The anti-Cleveland and Tillman del
egates were largely in the majority and
they carried things their own way.
The convention pledged support to the
nominees of the Chicago Convention,
and also to the platform to Ue adopted
at that time. This will rather Knock
out the Ocala platform and the Third
marty folks who were in the convention.
The most unkind and uncalled for
. thing done by the convention was the
adoption of resolutions denounclng
Cleveland. Heis undoubtedly to-day
the most prominent man in the Demo
cratic party in this country. He is the
only Democratic president we have
had in the past thirty years, and his
public record and private character
have stood the test, and now because
he has the manhood to express his
honest convictions and says he is op-
posed to the free coinage Of silver he is
to be denounced by the Democratic
Convention of South Carolina as the
tool of Wall Street. Well, we presume
he can stand it. There are a lot more
people who have not been able to see
the great panacea to come from the
free coinage of silver.
What was the need of the convention
to pass resolutions or pretend to adopt
a platform any way? By our constltu-
ton it's only business was to elect dele
gates to the National convention and
to elect a member of the National Com
mittee. Besides this, it has adopted a
platform and at the same time pledged
itself to adopt the platform of the
National Convention, which means
that at the next convention the resolu-
tons adopted last week will have to be
rescinded.
From one o'clock on "Wednesday
night until a. NJ, the spectacle in the
convention was not pleasant one to
look upon. It did not impress the IN
preiudiced spectator with the idea that
it was composed of sentient beings in
tent upon doing that which would re-
dound to the welfare of the people.
It rather took on the habiliments OF s.
mob. It was sad to behold. 1t all
came about in the effort to pass resolu-
tions endorsing the State administra-
ton Just as if it needed endorsement
from the State Convention. The en-
dorsement was finally passed, but the
elrorts and the manner of those who
engineered it rather worked injury to
the administration. The burning elo-
quence of Jno. Gary Evans and Callie
Caughman was little too much for
some of them.
Col. Jno. 6. Haskell made a speech
entering his protest against the reso;u-
tions, giving his reasons for not favor
ing the resolutions. Jno. Gary Evans
undertook to reply, but instead entered
into bitter personal attack OF Col.
Haskell :h was disgusting III tie
extren lad entirely wanton and un-
called for. Col. Haskell made q digni-
fled reply and made friends by it.
1t is proper in Democratic country
that the majority should rule, bat it is
also proper that the rights cf the mi
nority should be respected. The mi
nority had little show in tie conven-