The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-04-12
ACONvENTION IN AUGUsT.
Svch Is Now Tho Reform PRO.
Er0InInS. -.

Ill tItc ildtt VI GIlO 11OVoo VI AsoP~
resentativns 4th instant at noon.
The meeting was called to order
by Delegate l.. E. Parler Of Col
Teton, who nominated Capt. j.
! A. Sigh for temporary chairman.
w. II. Duncan and j. G. Otis
, were appointed secretaries.
Mr.. McCalla Of Abbeville mov-
cd that all except delegates be
excluded from the hall on the
, ground that it was Reform eau.
Gus and here to discuss the Ro-
% form side and thought it would
= be best to work with closed
=. doors.
~ The motion was carried by a
y vote of q to l3.
Tho chair then appointed Mr..
.|J. 3. Elkins doorkccper.
On motion of Mr.. McCalla, the
temporary organisation was
then mado permanently.
| Col. J. r.. CASTOR Of Aiken
moved to have q convention of
! Rcformers to nominate a reform
candidate for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor. The mo
tion was carried almost unani-
lnously.
a committee was then appoint.
ed by the chair consisting of @. |
NJ. Efird, NJ. J.. Mauldin. j. w.
Stokes. D. K. Norris and T. l..
Can't, on rules and regulations
and mannor of holding said con
, vention. The convention then
took a rocess until S p. IN.
1t 5 o'clock tho convention re"
!a&scmb}ed and shortly thereaf-
10y ihc committee on plans on
tered tho hall and submitted the
! Following report.
We, the undersigned commit
tee, bog leave to submit the fol
flowing report:
I. That convention for tn,
nomination Of State officers b.
y held in the city Of Columbia o,
~ the llth day of August, 1894:
y >, ~TMnt HH;.l coMvontion y
% composed Of delegates to b
" elected by conventions to be hal,
~ in each county on tho 9th day o
- AN&;U&t, 1904, each county be
. ing omitted to double as man,
representatives in both branche
" OF theGcnerrl Assembly.
.. That the country convon
:, tons aforesaid be composed o
=" delegates elected by the variou
-" Reform clubs in the county
~ each club to send one delegat
- for each twenty-five Reformer
or majority fraction thereof
" In those counties where ther
arc no.distinct Reform clubs tn
Reform members Of each clu
shall be called by the Executiv
70 Reform Committeeman to mec
'r at the usual place of meeting
/. and elect delegates aforesaid
d to the county convention. Fo
" tho pusposes of said election tn
-. clubs aforesaid shall be calle
Or to meet on the 4th day of Al
ar gust, 1894. At such meeting n
at member shall participate excer
such as voted for the Reform dc
or egatcs in the August primary c
or 1902, and all others who vii
re pledge themselves to abide b
is and support the Reform ticket O
tho State Reform convention O
OF 1894.
T. 4, That each Reform candi
date for Governor and Lieuten
in ant Governor shall file with tn
re chairman on the committee thir
10 ty days previous to the meeting
y Of said convention q write,
pledge to abide by tho action
t Of the convention hcrein called
L and support its nominees.
T. Respectfully submitted.
:, G. NJ. EFIRD, Chairman.
For the Committee.
The report was adopted.
} On motion of Mr.. Pickett, the
chair appointed DR.. Stokes; j.
A. Sigh, j. G. Otis, G. NJ. Efird
and J. II. Austin as a commit.
tee to prepare an address to the