The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-06-14

Ol OG duu WIZ VOIeu lOr w eaVGr should
not be permitted to vote at the CD.
proachlnG primaries weought to say so.
If we believe that they are Democrats
within the meaning Of the Constitu-
tlon and ruIeB of tho Democratic party,
then we ought to say so and permit
them to participate. What 1 wish to
emphasize Is that we should not evade
or dodge this question. We ought to
discuss 1t fully whether 1t be In public
or in private, but we should declare
whether or not they can participate
under our rules. If we do not take
such action we lay ourselves open to
the charge that we have lodged the
question and chat this committee was
unable to solve 1t one way or the other.
l thought, gentlemen, that it was my
duty to say this much to you on this
subject which is now open to you for
discussion"
Chairman Irby's remarks brought on
the hottest discussion of the evening
and made things lively for q good
while. Immediately after the Senator
had concluded Mr.. Mellette, of Sumter,
offered verbal resolution that the men
who voted for Weaver in 1892 be ex-
cluded from voting.
The motion had no sooner been made
than half dozen members were on
their feet ready to offer some kind Of
q resolution or to make speech. Mr..
Derham, OF Horny, was recognised by
the chair and offered the following res
olutiOn as substitute to Mr.. Mellette's
resolution:
"Resolved. That those white men
who voted the Weaver ticket In 1892
shall be allowed to vote in the coming
primaries"
DR.. Sampson Pope made strong
speech in favor Of the substitute. He
said that this committee had allowed
the Haskelites to vote in 1892 and the
men who voted for Weaver had right
to be treated In the same manner. The
Democratic party needed white voters
and did not want to throw any of them
out OF the party. (Applause. The men
who voted for Weaver were no worse
than who voted for Haskell. Cap
pplause)
Mr. kirkland, Of Kershaw, offered as
an amendment to the substitute the
words: Upon taking the oath pre-
scriOed by the party" He said that he
had no speech to make but thought
that this provision was wise and pro.
per.
Mr.. II. G. Robertson. of Plckens,
thought that the proposed amendment
voted for Weaver. There were good
and true white men in his county who
voted for Weaver.
Mr.. TOWnes, of Edgelield. asked the
question Whpther the men who violat.
ed thir oaths and pledges by voting for
Weaver in 1899 would keep their oaths
ii allowed to vote this year.
Colonel Neal, of Anderson, did not
think any more should be required of
the men who violated :heir pledges in
1892 than of the men who did the same
thing in 1890.
Col +. NJ MixsoD, acting as the rep.
resentative from BarnWell, moved to
lay on the table the amendment Of Mr..
Kirkland.
National Committeeman Donaldson,
of Greenville. thought that the amend
ment should be adopted 80 as to pre-.
vent any miSconStructiOn Of the action
Of the committee.
Just before Mr.. Donaldson's remarks,
however, the motion Of Colonel Mixson
to lay on the table the amendment of
MIR. Kirklan was put and carried by a
vote Of 81 to 8, thereby calling out the
remarks from Mr.. Donaldson that he
thought some amendment should be
made to Mr.. Derham's substitute.
Senator w. ID. Evans said he thought
every party desired to inGreas its
membership and its stregth. He wished
that every man in America was a Demo
crat. lie for one would like to ask
every man TO come into the party.
MIR. Robertson said that there bad
tion of pledges, etc. The men of his
county who voted for Weaver did not
consider that they had violated any
pledge, unless 1t was a moral one. The
great majority of them had not taken
any pledge In the primary.
DR.. Pope declared that The oath
throughout the State had been admins
tered to few voters and that not MANY
OF those who voted for Weaver mad
taken any oath in the primary.
Mr.. Mellette said that the chairman
and the committee had misunderstood
his motion. lie meant to exclude only
those who had taken tho oath, partici-
ated in the primary and then voted for
Weaver.
Hon. S. A. Nettles OF Clarendon, to
stop the discussion and to please the
different minded committeeman, intro.
duced the following resolution, which
was accepted by MIR. Derham in place
of his own resolutlon;
"R9solved, That no white man shall
~ ShSApoCo Atoiil pal ClClpaGlDB Ill IDC
DemOcraticprimarles who shall take the
oath required by the Democratic
party"
Speaking to this resolution G. A
Douglass, Of Richland, made the long,
est speech Of the session, and one Of the
most eloquent. lie said he was glad
That Mr.. Nettles had introduced the
resolution. It. was along the line of
liberality and kindness and would tend
to increase the memb ership of the party
lie declared, however, that no could not
remain silent after all the unkind re-
marks which had been made about
democrats. He said that tho IIaskellite
movement may have been inexpedient
ana ne had condemned 1t at the time
puC say thatJudge Haskell was not a
DDelilocraG asWas to COntrovert history
re asserted that Haskell was a Demo
crat and had al ways been one. In the
na neat or political discussion men might
say d ne was w not Democrat, but in the
quiet or the home circle there came q
change in that feeling and ali nomat re'