Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-12

Mr.. George l.. Riddle, of Zeno, has
been quite i'll from an attack of grip,
but our latest advices are to the effect
that he is improving.
Mr.. Buritt Nets returned home
last week from Fort Niobrara, Neb.,
where he has been on an extended
visit to the family of DR.. T. S. Bratton.
COUNTY CONFERENCE CALLED.
Pursuant to a call of Chairman
Brice, the County Democratic Execu-
tive committee met in Yorkville last
Monday to consider the question Of
calling a county conference on July 4,
for the purpose of agreeing upon the
best plan for nominating delegates to
the constitutional convention. The
following members of the committee
were present: J. J. Waters, j. r.
Cook, J. S. .Brice, J. T. Summerford,
R. D. sealy, w. w. Miller, J. NJ.
Sims, J. B. Barron, T. A. Gwin, P. NJ.
Burris, R. NJ. Wallace, ]. H. Saye,
J. L. Moore.
Mr.. Brice explained the object Of
the meeting as suggested above. "lt
strikes me-" he explained, "that the
best thing to be done is to call a
county conference, provide for equal
representation of the two factions,
nominate five delegates to the consti-
tutional convention, to be voted for in
the primary election, and then let
both factions get together and see to
it that these nominees get majority
of the votes against all corners in the
general election"
The various members of the commit
tee expressed themselves as in favor
of this proposition. Messrs. Miller,
Saye and Waters were asked to 60
out and ask representative Conserva-
tives, and Senator Finley, to come in
and express their respective views.
Among those who responded to the
request of the committee, were g. f.
Spencer, w. B. McCaw, James F. Hart,
T. F. Mellow. w. B. Wilson, n. W.
Hardin, w. B. de Loach and G. WIS
Hart.
Mr.. Spencer said: 1 heartily ap-
prove of the proposition. 1t is in line
with what wanted to see all along. /
want to see the two factions come to-
gether.
Mr.. w. B. Wilson asked whether
the proposed convention should have
the authority to nominate or suggest
delegates. He was informed that it
was to have authority to do whatever
it saw fit. He said he had no objection
to calling conference for the purpose
of getting the two factions together;
but he was opposed to the idea of al
lowing that conference to make nomi-
nations. He had been in favor of a
constitutional convention ever since he
had been in politics. His main object
was to secure the elimination of the
Negro vote. This, he thought, could be
done by the "Mississippi plau," and he
was heartily in favor of that plan, or
some other that was calculated to &C
complish the same result. But he was
not in favor of any division of dele
gates as Conservatives and Reformers.
He was unwilling to recognize the fac
tions. If delegates should be chosen
on such basis as this in every county,
the State convention would be faction
al, and the efficiency would be i'm
paired. The State executive commit
tee had provided for a white mans
primary. Let the candidates for dele
gates to the convention 60 into this
primary, discuss the issues before the
people, and then 60 to the convention
as representatives of the white peo-
pie, and not as representatives of
either faction. He was a Conserva-
tive, but he was unwilling to vote for
any man to this convention simply be-
cause he was a Conservative or Re-
former. He would vote for no man
who was not in favor of making a con-
stitution that would eliminate the Ne
gro vote without disfranchisng single
white man.
Chairman Brice: Mr.. Wilson is cor
re ct in the main. In this matter we
should rise above politics; but we
should remember that it is q condition
and not theory that confronts us.
Politics is politics, and we are called
upon to deal with the question as it
is.
Mr.. Mellow said that he was sorry
to say that he could not agree with
his friend Mr.. Wilson. If Mr.. Wilson
could convince him that Conservatives
and Reformer5 could Law aside the