The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-07-31
Ele Conservatives and Rei6rneS
WORKING FOR PEAcB---AN
ALL DAY sEssIoN.
The Conservatives Leave Nothing
Undone to Secure Peace.


The Conservatives Leave Nothing
Undone to Secure Peace.
The Conservatives and the Reform
ers. Who are Tired OF Aosstsm.
Select 8 Ticket and viii 90
to the General Election.
The macs meeting of Rsforners called to
meet in this city last Friday. asseublsd in
the Asmory Hall in Masonic Temple.
s.. &. Thomas ,oak tho chair snd stated
,hs propose Of the meeting sayiug: They
wsre assembled to discuss the situasion that
eonfrop.ed them. The situation was most
serious Que. He believed the, the convention
Of last week vas IN favor of division OF
delegates, bot had adjourned without decisive
action. therefore AT the sotscisatiou Of num-
her of psomipent reforu,ers be had called for
she assembling of this meeting. he then
read fhs.saA unter which the meeting was
assembled.
Afts, remarks from se.ersl gentlemen Dr..
H.T. Abbott was called to the chair.
Remarks were made in regard to the
proposition submitted to the Reformers by
the Conservatives, and the following was
sHered 40 the sense Of the Convention !; aud
Ar. Parrot, of Bishopville. was appointed to
10 notify the Conservative Convention, then
IN session, of the action of that body
Rssolusd, Tha, she Reformers. who favor
division Of delegates to the Constitutional
Convention 10 mass meeting assembled, that
ve hereby declare tia! we desire, and it 10
the sense of this meetipg that this meeting
name three delegates to the Convention and
The Conservatives napsa three from their fac
.icn to fle their pledge this DAY and that
they enter the PRIMARY next Tuesday and
aoide the result of the sAlne.
Nr. Parrot appeared before the Conserve.
live Convention and made known TO them
hoe aetion Of the Convention Of Rsformers.
The Conservative Convention, pursuant to
the call OF Chairman Marion Noise, re-as-
ssmbled iu the Court House at IL o'clock Fri.
day uaorniag, With one club more represented
,hsu u, the Convention heid on the 18th.
The resolution under which the Conyen-
non adjeorned on the 18th, to re-assemble
At the call of the chairman, was read by the
secretary.
The resolution wss as follows:
Rssoyued, That, "When the Convention ad-
icuros it shall do so subject to the call Of the
chairman, aud that it shall ref ssemble at
be call to nominate delegates to the Consti-
.usio.4l Conveotoo-3 delegates if the Be
sos,.ess aeeep, the division, or if the pro-
posssson Is rejected. Clubs desiring to do
so aye authorized TO elect new delegation to
the convention ;has shall be called by the
Chairman"
The Chairman called on Mr.. A. Moses, of
the committee appointed under the Manning
resolution to cocses with the Reform Com.
sni,.ee, to report the reouls Of the conference.
3r. Noses stated that the committee had
transmitted the Manning resolution adopted
:, the Conservative Committee, to the Re.
form Convention. and that iu reply the sub
ioined resolution had been presented to the
Conservative Committee by DR.. q. T.
Abbott, who represented the Reform faction ::
s.R<solred, That we invite the Conserva.
ave faction to have their candidates before
the primary election and run under the rules
Of the Democratic party. aud that our peo-
pie are reqoested and urged to vote for the
best men without regard to past fac'ional
kaes and that our executive committee pro-
side for their signing the pledges aud that
ne win pledge ourselves to 60 in with them
and elect the delegates chosen in the primary
in the general election whether those selected
have been Reformers or Conservatives"
oa motion of Msj. Wilson tbe Reform res
o),,ion was received as Information and the
committee discharged.
A motion was made and adopted that q
committee be appointed to frame decssra-
,iou Of principles as platform, upon which
she Candidates as delegates to the Constitu-
tiopal Convention shall staod. 1t was de-
eided that the committee should DO composed
Of one from each club, except Sumter club,
which should have three representatives. All
resolutions TO be referred to the committee.
The committee was appointed ss follows:
Sum,er-AItamont Moses, q. F. Wilson,
". F. 3. Hsynsworth.
Nanchester-R. I. Msnniog.
Providence, No. 2-W. E. Lee.
Swimming Pens-J. s. R. Brown.
Mayesville-R. W. Hudson.
Stateburg-D. Bull.
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