The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-05-22
The Primary Again.
The Irby Committee Has a
Hard Nights Work.

HarQ NlSIIS w "a "a.
The Irby State executive COMMITTED
met in Columbia last night to consldS'
the new coudi:ion Of affairs created by
the rendition Of Judge GoG's dec's'5n
nullif7ing the registration laws Of the
State 1t was meeting in which prac
tica!v all the Reform leaders in the
State were deeply Interested This wa'
amply shown by the fsrr that :iarlns
the morning nearly ever leader On toe
Reform side FROM almost every county
in the State arrived in the aisy Over
half Of them were not members of the
committee The capitol's corridors
were filed with people waiting to know
what the result would be. 1t was
deemed advisable by the members OF
the committee that the meeting should
be held with closed doors
The com mittee was not called to or
der until 8 p m.
Senator Irby announced that he had
promised Mrs Nebiett that she should
have hearing before the committee
on the matter Of womao's suffrage. On
motion Messrs DJnaldson. Watson and
McSweeney we're appointed commit
tee TO wait on Mrs. Neblett, and the
ladies' With her. aud invite her to ap,
pear before the committee, telling her
the committee would cordially receive
them.
Mr.. w D. Evans nade motion.
which was adopted, that an invitation
be extended to 5 .nator Till and
Governor Evans TO meet with the con-.
mittec. A special committee, consist
ing of Alessrs Evans, Lyles and Jor
dan. was appointed to wait Oh theae
digni:ariea The report was scot back
tha, Tilmao and Evans were engaged
asa meeting of the board of trustees
of the Winthrop College. bus would be
glad to come out at any time if their
counsel was particularly needed
At this juocture Mrs. Neblett ap-
peared before the committee, accompa-
MED by Mrs. V C. Badham. president
Of the local Equal Rights Association,
and Misses Feaster and Rion of the
local association. and made brief ad-
dress. She said that. SO far as she
knew, it was an entirely new thing for
woman to appear before the executive
ommittee, but that she hoped thas it
would be the herald of a glorious day
when the women of South Carolina
should take part in the serious business
Of the State The women offer them
selves to you, and want you to do with
US as is best for you to use US. They
have the interest of the State as much
at stake as any one. They have at
stake their property. their husbands
aud their children and the honor Of
the State. We are willing and anxious
to help the State in it's dire distress.
and believe that We eau do So Mrs.
Neblett. with this brief talk. Did the
committee adieu. What she had to say
was received with applause She said
that the women offered themselves TO
the men in this crisis to do with them
az they saw best. When the ladies
entered the committee rose to receive
! them
IRBY on THE "CRIsIs.
Senator Irby then said that as chair
man of the committee he would say
that it was not necessary for him to
state now the reasons that induced him
to call the committee together that at
the beginning of this session. that would
probably last long in the night. the
Democracy was confronted with the
greatest crisis of its existence in South
Carolina. The strength Of our posi-.
tion, as we'll as its weaknesses, should
not be discussed in public, and |, there
fore. take the liberty of suggesting that
some member of the committee make a
motion that this committee meet with
closed doors.
Mr.. w. D. Evans moved that the
meeting be held in secret, and it was
carried.
Chairman Irby then stated that be
had taken the liberty Of inviting Col.
Robert Aldrich. as we'll as the Attor-
ney General, to advise with him on
the legal phases Of the situation. and
he had also taken the liberty of also
inviting them to the session of the CON-
mittee. Upon motion this was approx
cd, and Messrs McGowan and Jones
were appointed Oh committee to 'n-
vite them.
Upon the invitation Of county chair
men to attend the meeting, MIR Henry
of Chester attended.
The roll call showed that all of the
members of the committee excepting
those from Beaufort. Berkeley, Ches-
ter6eld, Georgetown and York were