The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-04-01
WHITE SUPREMACY.
TILLMAll TIES and STRAIGHTOUTS
GONE TOGETHER.
Council In the Interest of Peace-An
Rqual Di vision of Delegates to tho
Cons ,titutionaI Convention.

Columbia, 81 c.. March 27.-(Special.) 1.-The
convention OFT the forty" the first demo-
cratic body iii which Tillmanites and anti
Tillmanites have assembled in harmony and
with equal Representation, convened here
this afternoofp. Twenty out of the
thirty-five counties were represented by
eighty Delegates. The novel spectacle was
presented DURING the day of political antaS-
onists who, UP to a few weeks ago, We're
yehemently announcing each ether, hob
ncbbing and consulting In closest compan-
ionship.
After the) appointment of committee on
platform, the convention adjourned until
s p. IN.
On reasse d1bling, a stirring speech en-
phasiZing thu duty of reconciliation of the
faction which was one of the conventions
features. was made by the venerable L. G.
McNussick. DIR Union. j. T. Robertson. of
Abbeville, made a report Tor the pldIlorHl
committee.
The Basis of Agreement.
We cordially welcome other aid and
invite the co-9peration of al! VINO favor a
combination oil the wisdom and patriotism
of the state, regardless of factions. III the
task of reconetructing our organic laws.
In common wR an abr pIi % pary
of the state, Sc long united and lnvinGlbie.
has been torn, asunder by strlIe ana ltS
unity endangered by the bitterness Oh lac i1
tional spirit. The causes which have leu
to these unhappy results need not now pe
considered, ana should not now ne ais-
al convention, in order that the honor OF
the state may be preserved ana the welfare
of the people protected anu P. .iI H. ~
be ignored, if not obl1terated IN the selecllon
of delegates to the convention: IhuS anu
thus only can the new constitution become
the bond and seal OF union among the peo-
pie Of South Carolina Therefore, we recon-
mend: ,-,. =.
the constitutional convention, only men OF
prudence and patriotism be CHOSEN; anu
that they be divided equally between the
factions as heretofore existing as lar as
practcable; when equal division is lmpoSSl-
BILE, that such fair division be made as
will best Subserve the great purpose OF
securing white unity AM non-partlsan
?. That we are unalterably and irrevoca-
bly, pledged to the supremacy OF Anglo
Saxon civilization in every part and depart
ment of our government to be secured by
fair and constitutional methods. But thlS
can only be accomplished by the unity OIL
8. We have unbounded faith in the peo-
pie and confidently trust them to select
delegates to the constitutional convention
to represent their opinions with an eye
single to their fitness for the great work
that will comfort them. With convention
so chosen. the people will be satisfied with
the constitution il will adopt
L. To put the objects of this conference
into practical effect and to promote the
accomplishment thereof, we recommend the
appointment Of a state working committee
TO be composed of two from each county
one from each faction-whoSe duty it
shall be forthwith to prepare and promul-
gate plan of organization of all demo-
Gratis i'm the state, who are in sympathy
with the objects and purposes herein de-
cla1ed, and that this committee work in
conjunction with all other committees
having the same objects in view, being al
ways subordinate to the state democratic
executive committee.
At11 10 p. m, a collection was taken up and
the convention adjourned. Altogether it
was a sweety peaceful body and tre-
mendous success from that point of view.
The Tfllman-Hemphill compromise pro-
rramme was in affect adopted, but whether
Tillman and + Jans will consent for the
forty to assume the work and gain the
credit of carrying it out is another ques-
ton.
The consciousness of Mcl4aurin in the
forty will tend to array those gentlemen
against it. but the forty leaders insist
that the compromise has been so closely
followed by the convention that they VIII
be stopped, from opposition. If Tilinan
does not take offense and endorses the con-
vention's work, it viii mean precipitation
OF a fight against the extremists led by IrDy
and Wilson and their crushing defeat is
a foregone conclusion.