Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-07-25
To the RefOrmers of Edgefield
County.

County.
The following address issued by
authority of the State Reform Ex,
ecutive Committee explains itself
To the Reform Votes of South Car.
olina:
The State Reform Executive
Committee metin the city of Co.
lumbia on the 10th day of July,
1894 in obedience to the call of the
chairman, all counties being re.
p esented except the counties OF
Lexington and Beafort.
1t was found necessary to chan
ge the date of the club meetings
and county and State conventions,
ale also to make other changes and
requirements, all of which will ap-
pear in the resolutions incorporat-
en- herein, and..stand in lieu of the
resolutions as adopted by the com.
mittee on the 4th day of April
1894.
The following are the resolu-
tions:
1. That a convention for the sug-
gestion of candidates far Governor.
and Lieutenant Governor be held
in Columbia, S. c., on the 18th day
of August, 1894, at 10 o'clock m.
2. That said convention be COM
posed of delegates elected by con-
ventions to be held in each county
on Monday, the 18th day of August
1894, each county to be entitled to
double as many delegates as it has
representatives in both houses of
the General Assembly.
8. That county conventions
aforesaid be composed of delegates
elected by various Reform clubs in
the county, each club to send one
delegate at large and one delegate
for every twenty-five members or
majority fraction thereof. In
those counties where there are no
distinct Reform clubs the Reform
members of each club shall be cal
led by the executiqe Reform COM
mitteeman to meet at the usual
place of meeting and elect del
egates as aforesaid to the county
convention Provided, aThat inthe
cities of Charleston and Columbia
He HE Reform clubs and
polling precincts shall be left to
the discrtion Of the committeeman
of said counties. For the purpose
of said election the clubs afore-
said shall be called to meet on the
I1th day of August, 1894. At such
meeting no member shall partici-
pate except such as voted for the
Reform delegates IN the August
primary of 1892, and all others
who will pledge themselves to
abide by and support the ticket
suggested by the State Reform con-
vention of 1894.
4. That all Reform candidates
for State Offices including Railroad
Commissioners shall publicly an
nounce their candidacy and shall
file with the chairman of the State
Reform committee pledge to
abide by and to support the nonl, !,
nees of said convention. That said
pledge shall be filed as aforesaid on
or before the 25th dav of July, 1894.
No vote for any candidate shall be
in the State convention
who has not complied with the fore
going RECRUITMENT.
5. That the Reformers attending
the various club meetings called by
the committee on the 18th day of
August. 1894, be requested to ex-
press, their chioce by ballot for Gov.
ernor and Lieutenant Governor OF
this State, and that the chairman
of the delegation of the club to the
county convention be required to
make return of said choice to the
county convention to be held on
18th day of August, 1894.
6. That in holding the elections
in each Reform clubs provided for
to take place on the 11th of August,
1894, each club is to provide man
ayers for holding said election.
The committee adopted the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, that this committee
suggest to the county Reform con-
ventions to be held on the 18th day
of August, 1894, when they elect
delegates to the State convention,
to also instruct said delegates
whether or not to vote for the
nominating of a full set of State
officers including the Office of Rail-
road Commissioners.
This committee take pleasure in
commencing to the consideration
The people of the State the address
issued bp the special committee on
the 4th of April, 1894.
J. THOMAS AUSTIN,
JIM. GLEDN,
J. r. EARLE,
H. A. DEAL,
J.C. OTIS,
LOUIS APPELT,
In accordance with above the
Reformers of Edgefeld county are
called to meet at their respective
club precincts on Saturday, Aug.
18th, and the County Convention