Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-26
IN FOR A STRAIGHT FIGHT.
Conservative Executive Committee Urges
Organization.

Conservative Executive Committee Urges
Organization.
A meeting of Conservatives was held
in Columbia last Friday for the purpose
of considering the constitutional con-
vention situation. The following were
present: J. L. Carson, F. c. Fishburn,
w. X. Steadman, J. NJ. Knlock, S.
Pocher Smith, n. G.. Gonzales, Alta
mont Moses, R. 1. Manning, J. c. Gar
lington, E. H. Aull, A. B. Williams, c.
C. Langston and others. The meeting
was held in private in the dining room
of the Hotel Jerome. A reporter of
the Columbia Register in some manner
got pretty good story of the proceed
ings and among other things reported
A. B. Williams as advocating a resort
to bulldozing and bribery. Mr.. Will
liams, however, claims that he was
misrepresented. The only thing given
out by the meeting to the public was
the following address:
To the People of South Carolina
On the third Tuesday of August
convention will be elected which will
meet at Columbia in September to
make new constitution for this State.
This election will he as important 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 our laws. They will
create law. By their action all the
legislatures, the State and county Off
ces and judges will be governed here
after. All your personal and property
rights and those of your children, your
liberty and your children's liberty, the
honor and prosperity and peace of the
State will be in keeping of that con-
vention.
If the day of election for delegates
finds you disorganized, undecided, di-
vided by factional differences, personal
preferences and local interests, the poll
ticians who control the party organiza-
ton and the State election machinery,
the patronage and all the official infiu-
ence, will easily secure absolute control
ofthe convention which will have such
enormous power over you and yours.
We believe you have too much love
for your State, too much respect for
your own liberties and rights to sur
render such power TO men, whose only
interest and apparent purpose is to
secure for themselves permanent place
and rule, regardless 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 politi-
clans who are now in office. For that
reason it will offer its active aid and
cooperation to all citizens who sincere
ly desire that the new constitution be
made by free men who will represent,
respect and guard the interests and
feelings of the people regardless of the
ambitions and needs of politicians, such
men to be chosen by amicable agree
ment and common consent, if possible,
by straight anti-ring fight if necess-
ary.
The executive committee Of the
Conservative party, therefore, in ac-
cordance with resolutions unanimous
ly adopted, respectfully urges all
members of that party TO proceed i'm
mediately to organize clubs in each
township of the State, and on or be-
fore July 8 to meet in county conven-
tions and elect county executive COM
mites and member for each county
of the State executive committee.
The present county chairmen or
persons to be appointed for the pur-
pose by the present chairman Of this
committee are requested to begin the
work of organization without delay.
The chairman of this committee is
instructed to call meeting of the new
executive committee to be held in
Columbia not later than July 10th.
(SigneO j. l.. CARSON
Chairman.
ABB. WILLIAMS, Acting Secretary.
The following addendum was given
to the press yesterday: "Members of
the State executive committee elected
under the above are requested to re-
port to me Immediately their names
and address and nearest telegraphic
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