The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-06-13

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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. Gap
pplause.
Hr. Kirkland, Of Kershaw. offered as
an amendment to the substitute the
words: Upon taking the oath pre-
scribed by the party" He said that be
had no speech to make bit thought
that this provision was wise and pro
per.
MIR. T. G. Robertson, of Plckens.
thought that the proposed amendment
was an insult to the men who had
voted for Weaver. There were good
and true white men 10 his county VINO
voted for Weaver.
Mr.. Townes, of Edgeiel6, asked the
question whether the men who vlolst-
ed thir oaths and pledges by voting for
Weaver in 1892 would keep their oaths
if 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. F. NJ. Mixson, acting as the rep.
resentative from BacnWell, moved to
lay on the table the amendment of Mr..
Kirkland.
National Committeeman Donaldson,
of Greenyille. thought that theamend-
ment should be adopted so as to pre-
vent any misconstruction of the action
of the committee.
Just before Mr.. Donaldson's remarks,
however, the motion of Colonel Mlxson
to Law on the table the amendment of
Mr.. Kirkland was put and carried by a
vote Of 81 to s, thereby calling out the
remarks from Mr.. Donaldson that he
thought some amendment should be
made to Mr. Derham's substitute.
Senator W. D. Evans said he thought
every party desired to increase its
membership and its stregth. he wished
that every man in America was Demo
crat. He for one would like to ask
every man to come into the party.
Mr.. Robertson said that there bad
been good deal of talk about the viol q.
ton Of pledges, etc. The men OF his
county who voted for Weaver did not
consider that they had violated any
pledge, unless 1t was 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 nsd
taken any oath IN the primary.
Mr.. Mellette Ssid thai the chairman
and the committee had misunderstood
his motion. He meant to exclude only
those who had taken the oath, paTtlcl-
ared in the primary and then voted Tor
Weaver.
Hon. S. A. Nettles CT Clarendon, to
stop the discussion and to please the
different minded committeeman, intro
duced the following resolution, which
was accepted By MIR. Derham 10 place
of his own resolution;
"Resolved, That no. white man shall
be excluded from participating in the
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. He said he was glad
that Mr.. Nettles had introduced the
resolution. It Was along the line OF
liberality and kindness and would tenG
to increase the membership of the party
He declared, however, that he could not
remain silent after all the unkind re-
marks which had been made about
Democrats. He said that the Haskelllte
movement may have been inexpeolent,
and he had condemned it at the time,
but say that Judge Haskell was not a
Democrat was to controvert history.
He asserted that Haskell was Demo
crat and had always been one. ln the
heat of political discussion men might
say he was not Democrat, but II the
quiet of the home circle there came a
change in that feeling and all must re-
cognize him as Democrat. Ii 1880.
Mr.. Douglass said, there had been no
pledge il the primary. The men who
voted for Haskell. lad taken no pleoge
and had violated no oath and 1t was
their right to vote in 1892 without the
sanction of the Democratic executive
committee. He said that he would be
untrue to himself and to his convictions
if be stood by and did not draw dis:
tinction between the men who voted
for Weaver and those who voted for
Haskell. He asserted that there was a
vast difference, and all bis words init.
mated that tbs Weaveri5es were the
worst of the two.
Mr.. Douglass was interrupted BY
members Of the committee who asked
him what about the Haskellites who
had voted for Enscr for Congress and II
Haskell himself had not voted for En-
sor. Mr.. Duglass said that he did not
know what Haskell had done, but as
for himself, he hoped that his right arm
would lose its cunning when be votec
for a Republican over a Democrat.
Mr.. Douglass concluded with pat
rioIic appeal foT peace and Mandatory
and pretty remarks about the farmers
He wanted to see the people happy ane
wanted to see Mr.. Ne5tles's resolution
carried.
Dr.. Pope spoke of the panegyric Of
MT. DOUSlSSS duu VI LIS aHoiNoo1iou'
against the WeaVerites. Then Dr
Pope declared that there was a take be
hind the action of the committee eWc
years ago in allowing Raskellltes to re
turn to the party. It was to keep fror
disrupting the party and to bring about
harmony. White men were at wors
registering negroes He declared that
if any one would show him
Weavelite who had tried to vote ne
groes be would be in favor Of turning
him ou: of the party. The Haskellites
had voted negroes against white men
but no Weaverlte had done so. (Lout
applause.)
After this the question was quickl!
settled. Mr.. Melle.t's resolution Wa:
set down on by almost'a unanimous 7otE
and Mr.. Nettles' substitute was carried
The Weaverites and the Haskeilites ant
and all kinds of sites" will be allowed
to vote in the next primary provided
they take the oath prescribed by ths
party.
DR.. Pope said that he had been In
l ~ &Lo re of hiC rN11Ot,