The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-09-25

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other business be transacted till tn,
committee on platform reported.
An amendment allowing the com
mittee on platform to retire was OF
fered.
Mr.. w. ST. Julien Jervey, of Charles
ton, raised the point Of order that the
motion was out of order because the
platform in the natural order OF thing.
should be adopted before any nomina
tions could be made, he would move
therefore that the motion of Mr.. Stan
land be not put till the committee haG
reported.
Mr.. Fitzsimons, of Charleston, SAID
that they boing there as Democrats
should not be afraid to say out plainly
where they stood. He did not believe
that convention of Democrats should
nominate man for Governor who was
not Democrat. III he was q Demo
crat let him come out and stand on the
Democratic platform. First adopt the
platform and then put up the mon; it
was measures and not men that should
come first with any party. He was ap-
plauded as he sat down.
Mr.. Behre, of Colleton, camo out in
the center aisle and in q heated man
ner said he rose to say that they were
in a convention of the Democrats OF
oouVh Saroiiha, \APpiause'| !neJ
were there standing on the principles
of the past, and upon those principles
they would march on to victory. He
did not believe in tying party down.
| After the platform was adopted then
| the nominees would be bound by it.
They would stand on any platform the
convention adopted.
Mr.. Henry, of Chester, advised the
convention to proceed regularly adopt
| its platform and then put the candi-
dates upon it.
DR.. Wyche, OF Newberry, said it was
an insult to say that any candidate be-
| fore the convention was not q Demo-
crat. Is not John Gary Evans Demo-
premacy are grander than any other.
| (Cheers. eff you Judge me by the
Democracy of Grover Cleveland then l
am not a Democrat. (Cheers.) We
may differ and still be Democrats, but
white supremacy is worth all the De-
| mocracy in the world. No set of men
can come here and tell the people of
South Carolina what they shall do.
Let us adopta platform. All the Can
didates will stand upon it.
Mr.. Duncan, of Newberry, then said
! he was sorry to see that they were
wasting time in by-play like this. The
OFucC VI UuSlucSo WAS Ouc
tion of a platform first and then go
ahead with the nominations. The di-
version had been caused by some ill
advised words, calculated to excite q
display of feeling. They should be
calm, wise and deliberate.
Mr.. MCGOWAN moved that o recess be
taken until 2:30 o'clock.
Mr.. Jervey tried to get the presi-
dent to rule on his point OF rider, but
the president held that it vas mo-
tion, and Mr. Stanland's motion had
the right of way.
Mr.. Patterson moved to amend the
motion to take a recess, by inserting
$3.50 o'clock.
Mr.. Jervey rose with the intention
of presenting the resolutions passed by
Monday nights convention. He asked
first, however, if all resolutions would
be read to the house and then handed
to the committee, or whether they
would be handed in without reading.
The chairman ruled that the latter
was the mode of procedure.
The convention then took a recess
till $3.50 p. m, and committee retired.
THE REPORT ON PLATFORM.
The convention reassembled at 4
o'clock. A sergent-at' arms was ap-
pointed-Mr. Stansell.
Col. d. p. Duncan then presented
the report of the committee on plat
form, of which he was chairman. He
said that the committe had received a
communication from the convention
which met Monday last, which had
been received as information and laid
on the table. Mr.. Jervey asked that
that it had been laid on the table, but
ha ia not SppnpSp thnra would hn INV
objection to it's being read 1t was not
read, however.
Col. ID. p. Duncan, chairman of the
platform committee, reported the fol-
| lowing as the platform for the Demo
cratic party of the State, stating that
minority report would be made:
1. The representatives of the Demo
| cratic party of South Carolina, in con-
vention assembled, do reaffirm their
allegiance to the principles of the
party, as formulated by Jefferson and
exemplified by Madison, Jackson and
Calhoun, and their successors in Demo-
| cratic leadership.
2. We reaflirm our allegiance to the
platform adopted by the Democratic
national convention at Chicago, in
| June, 1892.
3. We demand the free and unlimit-
| ed coinage of silver at q ratio of l6 to
/, and insist upon It's immediate en-
actment without waiting international
| agreement. We insist upon it for the
protection Of our farmers and laboring
| classes the first and most defenseless
| victims Of unstable money and fluctuat-
ing currency.
4. We reaffirm our allegiance and
adherence to and advocacy OF the
| principles set forth in our State Demo
cratic platform adopted in 1890 and
1892.
s. Recognizing the great evils of in
Temperance and the curses of barrooms
and their corrupting Influences, we
heartily endorse the Dispensary law as
the happiest and best solution of the
vexed whiskey problem and we call
upon the Christian men and women of
the State to see that the law is fairly
tested and assist in it's enforcement.
6. We urge upon all good Democrats
to vote for the calling Of @ constitu-
tional convention at the general olec.
tion in November.
Z. We endorse the present Demo-
cratic administration of our State as
wise, prudent and just, and fully OK
employing our motto Of "equal rights
to all and special privileges to none
The member of the committee from
Charleston said that he had a minority
report to submit, but 1t was decided
that this could be presented after the
platform committee had made its full
report.
The following is the minority report
of the committee on platform:
1. Resolved, That, we as represen