The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-09-28

candidates shall pledge themselves, as
they are in honor bound to do, to
align themselves with the National
party and act with it.
NEW MAN FROM NEwBERRY.
A delegate from Lexington moved to
table the McCrady resolutions, but he
removed the embargo at the earnest re-
quest of DR.. Wyche, new man from
| Newberry, who was evidently in the
pink Of oratoricsl condition, and who
made quite vehement agrarian
speech. He started out in a joculsr
vein and wanted to know if South
Carolina was to be a "Me-too" State,
following the dictation Of anyone. He
said:
We have before pledged ourselves to
such things. Gen. McCrady asks you
to revoke what you have done. Does
New Jersey adopt the same platform
as the National Democracy? Cries of
mo! no!l We used to say what the
National Democracy said was right.
You are free mea and indulgent men,
but you have a right to your own views.
When they say that the farmers are
ready to 60 out Of the Democratic party
they are wrong. They want you to
swallow the National platform without
your understanding it. I don't blame
the town aud city men for leading you,
bat blame you. The laboring men
are going to work for themselves. The
whole gist of Gen. MeCrady's speech is
to have US say "me too" and we won't
doits We won'tgo back on Cleveland.
I consider him good Democrat, and
according to the gentleman's views he
would be read out Of the party.
COL. JOHN G. HASKELL
made one OF his most eloquentspeeehes,
and it was as able as it was eonverva-
tive. ....-...
He said: I advocate the resolutions
of Gen. McCrady because they are Gus
tomary, and there is no good reason
| why they should not be adopted. It
was the Democracy of 1875 that has
made cur past history glorious, and if
the new Democracy puts us on as high
a plane it will entitle you to everyone's
well done. It is fundamental princi-
pie that when the nation speaks the
State should submit. II the State can
defy the nation, why cannot counties
resist the Government of the State?
Once allow such action and you open
the way to Independentlsm.
Where are we going to stand? If we
are going to say that the election of
Cleveland is prostitution of Democ-
racy, then the State is not In the De-
mocracy. Think carefully before you
take position so absolutely inconsist-
ent. We cannot be National Demo
Gratis and repudiate the national plat
from. If these resolutions are voted
down where are we, when the present
State platform is the one adopted at
Ocala and Omaha? The Ocals plat
form has been repudiated at Chicago,
and We must do likewise or we are not
in touch with the national party,
which has stood between us and de-
struction. I have said words to hurt
| no one, but to help this Convention to
come to a conclusion that is good for
the State, for which my life has been
spent. Let US be National Democrats,
yielding our opinion to the win Of the
majority of our fellow Democrats. It
is no slavery, it is that proper and
reasonable concession to the will Of the
majority on which every party must
live, without regard to any feeling. I
beg you to adopt Gen. McCrady's reso-
lutions. s =
| JOHN GARY EVANS
took the Administration side and said
that the committee had presented a
platform which would be approved by
Cleveland and Stevenson, who are the
di :ciples of the doctrines of Jefersonian
principles. If Grover Cleveland is not
a disciple of Jefferson, he should not
expect our endorsement. Why should
past conventions be brought mp, or
past platforms be suggested? If they
desire unity why do they bring up
these old things, when we rea.3irm all
that any Democrat can want? IfGen.
McCrady had seen this report before he
submitted bis he would have been sat-
isfed. He then reviewed his resolu-
tious in detail, during which he de-
voted considerable time to the praise Of
the administration. All that the other
platform tries to do is to cast slur on
some of our Congressman. We are the
only State where there is not organized
opposition to Cleveland. We have
gone further than Gen. McCrady, we
have gone back to Jefferson. This is a
thing Of the year. Why do you ask 70
discard the past and take one man, and
take q man who will possibly never be
elected? Evans concluded his argu-
ment for the all absorbing question in
the midst of the applause of the Alli-
anes Democrats.
The convention had heard enough
and with one accord went up the cry for
the question.
SAMPSON PePE's EXCESSIVE PARTISAN
| SHIP.
Gen. McCrady demanded the yeas
and nays, whereupon Chairman Pope
made the remarkable declaration that
he would hold that one-fourth Of the
body was required for the call of yeas
and nays under the rules Of Con.
gress.
Th;e did mt meet with the aDprOyai