The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-09-27
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
Special to the GrecnriUe NelUs:

to-day with the election of A. P
Patterson, of Barnwell, as tempo
rary chairman; FL. II. Brunson, OF
Orangeburg, Secretary, and Col. F
M. Mixson, of BsAnwell, Assistant
Secretary. TAgro were no con
tests and thesDhvention was sool
ready for b6siness, every county
being fully represented in the roll
of delegates.
Senator Elfrid, of lexington
was made permanent chairman
and the temporary secretaries wore
made permanent officers. The fol.
lowing were elected vice presidents
First District-Thomas Talbort
of Beaufort.
Second Districts. G. Mayfeld,
of Barnwoll.
Third District-J. Bolton Wat.
son, of Anderson.
Fourth District-J. D. NJ. Shaw,
of Laurens.
Fifth District-Ira B. Jones, of
Lancaster.
Sixth District-J. e. Ellerbe, of
Marion.
Seventh Diatrict-D. s. Behre,
of Colloton.
A committee on platform, 1880
lutions, constitution, otc., was ap-
pointed, consisting Of ono mombor
from each county. Evory resolu-
tion was to be referred to this COM
mittee. At 80 O'Clock the con-
vention took a recess until $3.50
o'clock, when tho committee on
platform will report, it having
been in session while the conven-
tion was taking a rocess.
At 3: 80 o'clock the convention
was again called to order. The
first business was receiving tho re-
ports Of the committees on plat
form and resolutions. Majority
an9gminority reports were submit.
q SiSSsu OH the platform.
| The minority report was signe(
by Huger Fitzimmons, of Charles
ton. The Charleston delegates
the only conservatives in the con
vention, made protests against th'
adoption Of the majority reports
They said that it was undemocrat
ic because it embraced the Ocala
demands. Their fight availed them
nothing and the motion to substi.
tute tho minority for the ma jority
report was voted down.
The following was the majority
report and it was adopted:
1st. The representatives of the
democratic party Of South Carroll.
ia, in convention assembled dc
reafiirm their allegiance to the
principles of the party as formu.
lated by Jefferson. and exemplitied
by Madison, Jackson and Calhoun
and their successors in democratic
leadership.
End. We reaffirm allegionco to
the platform adopted by tho dom.
ocratic national convention at
Chicago in Juno, 1892.
3rd. We demand tho free and
unlimited coinage of silver at a
ratio of 16 to I, and insist upon
its immediate enactment without
waiting for international agroe.
mont; we insist upon it for the
protection Of our farmers and Ia.
boring classes, the first and most
defenceloss victims of unstable
money and huctuating currency.
4th. We reafiirm our allegiance
to and advocacy Of the principles
set fourth in our State dcmocratic
platforms adopted in 1880 and
1892.
5th. Recognizing The great cv.
lis of intempcrance and the course
Of bar-rooms and their corruptine
influence we heartily endorse the
disponsary law as the happiest and
best solution Of tho voxed whiskoy
problem, and VIC call upon tho
Christian mon and women of the
State to see that the law is fairly
tested and assisted in it's enforce
ment.
9th. We urge upon oil goot
democrats to vote for the calling
LOT a constitutional convention a