The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-05-22

he sal tn2t II tney U31s d" dS'e'-io'
10 les:slate on this question the Ual'ed
Sta;e> C9art could come aopg and
taocE stru. OF, again lie had ceaso-
sran;e - say about the necessity OF
uu*iimity among :he white people
f.r be present.
H. weut on to speak of the cnrse-
quence> OF any other course .na said
there would be blood aud gn:s cam
paign and there would sli"piy s'~
"heI broke loose in Georgia" vita 'he
devil taking tie hindmos;. Re sad
moreover tina. if Gof vent any fur'h-.r
iu this matter be for one woult.. aGyo-
cate open rebellion. If they vent ahead
aud obeyed COTS order, no one could
come aud say fair election was no,
belj. The best thug to de-, in his opin-
icu, was to thoroughly organize the
party aud put good men TO watching
the negro aud the enemy. lie beilev-
ed that this was one supreme issNe that
would level all factional differences. AID
all the white people would ally rhem-
selves with each other and forget for
the tine being all fac;ional differences.
The purpose vas to hold white mans
conveDtlou.
,1r. Efrd had good deal to say in
support Of the position taken by Gov
eroor Evaus and Senator Tillman, aud
said if square white mao's primary
was given ttey would fud everything
all right. ghere were very few men
ike D4rgan aad Gonzales.
Attorney General Barber, when call
ed upon to give bis views, frankly stat
ed that he had not studied up the ques-
tioa Of the effects Of such decision.
H had been devotiug his time to the
study Of the matter of the jurisdiction
Of the Federal court He thought that
an e.ectlon held under the convention
act would he valid. but would not say
posltivel y
Governor Evans SAID this convention
had 70 be held; he was bound by his
cath of Office to see that it was held
aud be proposed to do 80.
Evans also held that if part Of the
convention act vas repealed the whole
would be repealed.
There was an effort to take recess
till 10 O'Clock this morning, but 1t
failed.
A strong effort was then made to ap
point sub mmittee, with power to
ask the governor to call the Legisla-
ture, if it saw fit. Evans promptly
sqaecbed this effort. Irby said the
cou mittee did not propose to dictate
to the Governor, but they had appealed
to him as the chief executive of the
State to. provide the means whereby
they could hold square and honest
election.
The extra session matter than seem.
ed to die Of its own weight. Senator
Irby calling the attention Of the COM
ui,tee back to the starting point and
asking, amid a roar of laugher, 1t
there we're 'aoy further remarks" +"
Mr.. McSweeney made the simple an
uouncemeut that Hampton county
would send ouly white men to the con-
veution Several other announcements
IF this character we're made.
Mr. Wilson fhen introduced the res
olu,ions given above There was lots
of discussion as to who should be al
lowed to vote in the proposed primary.
Tillman wanted it to read simply 'every
white mao qualified to participate under
the rules Of the Democratic party"
Others wanted i. open TO all white
mea who would take the oath to sup
port the nominees. Sone again wanted
10 include the colored Democrats. but
many Others wished to leave the negro
clear out of the question. to prevent
any one saying they were appealing to
the negro.
The discussion became general along
this line and was finally settled as stat
ed above in the resolution.
Mr.. Finley wanted to know Why the
committee could not allow its previous
action, providing for primary or
convention in the option of the people
of the county, to stand. He thought 1t
would be difficult for them to get the
Conservatives into primary, for they
would 60 in believing they would be
ruled out.
The idea of exempting certain cour-
ties vas then discussed, Irby expressing
himself as wishing to have the resolu-
ton as general as statute. An effort
to have Chester included in the exemp-
ton clause failed. Some just here
spoke along the line that they should
make it as easy as possible for the
white people to get together. The mo-
ton to exempt Marion and Horny coun-
ties was then presented and motion
% L., tb;e IN tho tohle was carried bV