The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-06-28
THE CONSERVATIVES
Committee Meets and Issues
an Address. =

A meeting Of the Executive Com
mittee of the Conservative Democ--
racy was held in Columbia last Fri
day night, at which was adopted and
issued the following address: 81;
To the people of South Carolina:i
On the third Tuesday in August q
convention will be elected which viii
meet at Columbia in September tc
make new constitution for 4.eS .sS
State. This election will be as inns
portant to you as that of 1876. The
men who will represent you in the
convention will have more power than
any officials provided for by the laws,
They will create law. By their IA;
tion all the Legislature, the State aud
county officers and judges will ,be
governed hereafter. All your per-
sonal and property rights, and those
of your children, your liberty and
your chidren's liberty, the honor and
prosperity and peace of the State for
the future, will be in the keepingsof'
that convention So ), 8 s.,s 4
If the day Of election for delegates
finds you disorganized, undecided, di-
vided by factional differences, person
al preferences and local interest, the
politicians who control the party or
ganization and State election machin-
cry, the patronage and all the official
influence will easily secure absolute
control of the convention which viii
have such enormous power over you
and yours.
We believe you to have too much
respect for your own liberties and
rights, to surrender such power to
men whose only interest and appar-
ent purpose is to secure for themsel-
YES permanent place and rule regard
less of the results to the people and
of the will of the people.
The Conservative Democracy is
the only political organization in
South Carolina not controlled by the
politicians who are now in Office.
For that reason it will offer its active
aid and cooperation to all citizens
who sincerely desire that the new
constitution be be made by free men
who will represent, respect and guard
the interest and feelings of the peo-
pie, regardless of the ambitions and
needs Of the politicians, such men to
be chosen by amicable agreement and
common consent, if possible, by a
straight anti~Ring fight Unnecessary.
The executive committee of the
Conservative party therefore, in ac-
cordance with the resolutions unan-
imously adopted, respectfully urges
all members of that party to proceed
Immediately to organize clubs in each
township of the State, and on or before
July 9th, to meet in county conven-
tions and elect county executive COM
mittces, and member for each
county of the State executive commit
tee. The present county chairman,
or persons to be appointed for that
purpose by the present chairman of
this committee, are requested to be-
gin the work of organization without
delay.
The chairman of this committee IS
instructed to call meeting of the new
executive committee to be held ut Co
lumbia not later than July 18th.
J. l.. Carson,
A.. b. Williams, Chairman.
Acting Secretary.
Members of the State executive
committee elected under the above are
requested to communicate to me i'm
mcdiatc!y their names and postotlice
address andncarost telegraph stations
j.. Il. Carson,
Chairman