The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-02

reporting against the nomination of
State ticket. The subsequent action @
the caucus is shown in the results q
the conversion given below
AT 40 the caucus was adjourne
sine die and the doors were throw
open. Chairman Hagood called th
convention to order. Mr.. A. b viii
which were adopted with four dissent
ing voices:
Resolved, That this convention ac
cept the action of the convention helt
here on the 10Th inst, in endorsing tn,
Chicago platform as concession Il
the Democracy OF the State, but regards
the Simultaneous endorsement of Demo
cratic and Populist platforms, repre-
senting parties and antagOnetic princi
pies, as Forfeiting the allegiance of al
straight Democrats and the respect O
all honest Populists.
Resolved, That this convention cor
daily accepts and endorses the nationa
Democratic platform and declares it.
unwavering devotion to the nationa
Democratic party.
all Democrats of the State to proceed
to organize for the purposes hereinaf
| ter stated.
Resolved, That while this convention
desires to avoid doing anything likely
to cause increased strife among our
people we believe that the principles oil
Democracy, the safety of every inter.
est in the State and the instincts OF
self-preservation demand that a hard
and light earnest be made against the
proposition to call constitutional con.
vention to create new fundamental
law involving the rights of every man
n t.,t tui lf f<>,, 4 H.
submission of its work to the people.
| We tender to tho opponents Of this ini-
quitous, undemocratic. tyrannical an,l
dangerous proposition tho service of
the organization herein provided for
and invite them to join with us in
lighting it at the approaching general
election.
The convention then adjourned sine
die ut 4:2O q. m, after thanking the
officers. The result was due, it is said,
to the withdrawal of delegations from
the caucus after the vote to make NOM
nations had been decided upon. So
the die once cast during tho night was
recalled aG the twelfth hour. The Irby
committee didn't hold its session and
won't on the subject of white mans
ticket in opposition to tho John Gary
Evans ticket.
a representative Of the majority of
the delegates this morning said:
number Of delegates, represent
ing seven or eight counties, having
after tho fullest and freest discussion
refused to accept the decision of the
tribunal TO which they had committed
their case, and having withdrawn from
the caucus, with the declared purpose,
not only, of separating themselves from
their fellow Democrats, but of fight
AGAINST thnno rnaliuirpr
the effort was to be made to hold the
majority responsible for dividing the
Democrats of the State, the caucus
concluded, after full discussion, to
abandon the effort to give the Demo
cratic party of the State an organiZa-
tion and ticket. The majority placed
the responsibility for the fiasc0 where
it belonged, and while refusing to re-
scind the caucus action, they adjourn.
ed in disgust"
The statement was made to repro
sentative of the State after the conven-
tion had adjourned, that the Irby com
mlttee had assurance of recognition
from the national Democratic commit
tee in case a ticket was put out. Tho
statement came from a leading Re-
former.
1t was asanOticable fact that, while the
I1llmanites claimed to have desired
the nomination OF ticket. a good
many prominent men among them were
about the doors when the convention
delegates came out, and the appear
ance of each showed general rejoicing
that the purpose to make nominations
had been abandoned. The Republi-
cans, who were about, also seemed to
be glad that no nominations had been
made.
The statement made as coming from
leading Reformer, to the effect that
tho lrby committee had received no
tlcc that 1T would be recognized by the
National Committee, if the convention
nominated ticket, was not corrcctely
quoted. The statement of the gentle
man was an expression of his opinion
as to what the National Committee
would do. In the rush he was misun-
dcrstood. He said yesterday, how
ever, that he was very sorry that IL
ticket had not been nominated, for he
would like to see the recognition test
made, and the question as to who were
Democrats and who not settled onco
and for all.
AS showing the sentiment on the
question of nominations, it might be
stated that delegates represen ting
thirty-two counties voted on the mat
ter. Representatives of twenty-six
counties either IN whole or in part
voted for nominations and twenty-six
counties either in whole or in part
voted against nominations. The gen
epal diversity OF opinion among dele
gates was thus clearly shown.
Charleston News and Courier.
The caucus when it assembled did
not have over l6l delegates present.
At the last convention 224 delegates
voted on the question of making nomi-
nations. A number of additional de-
legates arrived on tho night trains,
but the convention was not as large as
on tho nth. So far as can be under
stood Sumter, kershaw and Marlboro
had no representatives in tho hall
Gen. johnson Hagood took charge of
the convention. 1t was soon develop
cd that the convention was exceeding
| ly deliberatiyc. 1t did not get to work
until o'clock, when the secretaries
began getting up the roll of delegates
In attendance. About the first resolu-
tion introduced so far as can be heard
on tho outside, was one by Editor
Williams, who proposed that the ex-
ccutive committee be empowered to
name candidate for Governor two
weeks in advance of the election. His
resolution did not favor anything other
than the nomination Of q Governor.
The resolution was voted down upon a
division, and Mr.. Williams withdrew
his resolutions. After discussing the
situation briefly at I o'clock tho caucus
| took n recess to 8 o'clock w thout hay.
! ing done % thing. The delegates were