The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-06-14
primary and then voted for Weav

do or. ~ '0'
ne Hon. S. A. Nettle of Clarendon,
C. C. to stop the discussion and to please
O. tho different minded committee
mon, introduced the following
@ s resolution, which was accepted by
): Nlr. Durham in place of his own
resolution::: ; ..,..
i "ResoJytu, That no white man,
4 4 shall be excluded from participant
l. ing IN tho Democratic primaries
: who shall take tho oath. required
!, !, by the Democratic party"
e Speaking to- this resolution G.
i A. Douglass, aa6f' ;Kich.Iar>d,. made
tho longest speech Of tho session,
and one of the most eloquent. He
, said no was glad that Mr.. Nettles
had introduced tho resolution. 1t
was along the line of liberality
, and kindness and would tend to
increase the membership of the
party. He declared, however,
that he could not remain silent
after all the nakind remarks which
had been made about Democrats.
He said TINT the Haskellite move-
ment may have :tbeen inexpedient,
and he had condemned it at the
time, but to say that. Judge Has
kell was het.4a Democrat was to
controvert HISTORY. He asserted
that Haskell was Democrat and
had always been ono. In the heat
OF. politics discussion mon might
say he was not.a Democrat, but in
I the quiet of the home circle there
t came change in that feeling ard
= all must recognize him as a Demo
1 crat. In 1890. Mr.. Douglass
r said, there hid boen no pledge in
the primary. The mon who voted
l. for Haskell had taken no pledge
d and had violated no oath and il
. :; was their right to vote in 1885,
. without the sanction of the Demo
A. cratic executive committee. He
20 20 said that he would be untrue tc
or himself and to his convictions II
N he stood by and did not draw {
-, distinction between the men wh<
" voted for Weaver and those wht
it voted for Haskell. He asserted
~ that thero was vast difference
and all his words intimatod tina
he tho Wcaycritrs were the worst O
nc the two.
lr. MIR. Douglass was interrupted b,
90 members of tho committee wht
asked him about tho Haskellite!
do who had voted for Ensor for Con
cir gross and if Haskell himself hat
or not voted for Ensor. Mr.. Doug
ed lass said that ho did not know
10 what Haskell had done, but as fol
vo- himself, he hoped that his right
al arm would lose it's cunning when
no voted for Republican ever a
80, 20. Democrat.
tea Mr.. Douglas concluded with a
l ns patriotic appeal for peace and
3D. laudatory and pretty remarks
'w about tho farmers Ho wanted to
CO. e., so" the people happy and wanted
II. to soc Mr.. Ncttlo's resolution car
ricd
:" "a DR.. Pope spoke of tho pancgyric
10 OF Mr. Douglas and of his insitu-
to ntlons against tho Wcaverites.
~ Then DR.. Popo declared that there
=, was a tale behind tho action of
It tho committee two years ago in
9 allowing Haskellites to return to
the party. 1t was to keep from
j. disrupting the party and to bring
r about harmony. White mon were
q at work registering negroes. He
declared that if any ono would
k show him a.. Weaverite who had
- tried to vote negroes he would be-
in favor of turning him out of the
H. party. The Haskcllites had voted
10 negroes against white mon, but no
of Weavorito had dono 80. cloud
Mt applauso.)
% % After this the question was
3, quickly settled. Mr.. Mollette's
to resolution was set down on by al~
I. most unanimous vote and Mr.
ks Nettle's substitute was carried.
ne The Weaverites and the Huskoll-
r. ties and all kind of "ites" will be
allowed to vote in the naxt nri-