The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
THE WEBSTER FACTION
OF the Republican to Hold Convention
in April

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COLUMBIA, S. c., Feb. 19.-The fol
lowing interesting circular was yester
day issued from Republican headquar
ters in this city and explains itself:
Headquarters of Republican State
Executive committee.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Jan. Q, 1896.
A call is hereby made for a conven
ton of the Republican party of South
Carolina, to be held at the city of Co
lumbia on Tuesday, the 9TH day o.
April, 1896, at 10 m :, for the purpose
of electing four delegates at large aHo
four alternate delegates at large to
represent the Republican party of said
State in the national Republican con
vention to be held at st. Louis, Mo.
on the 10th day of June, 1896. Th,
Republicans of the various counties
and all voters without regard to pas!
political affiliations, who believe in
Republican principles and endorse the
Republican policy, are cordially in
vited to unite under the call of their
respective county chairmen in the
election of delegates to said State con
vention.
The convention will be composed OF
125 delegates, appointed among tht
several counties of the State, as fol
lows: Abbeville 5, Aiken 3, Ander-
son 5, Barnwell 5, Beaufort 4, Berke
ley 4, Charleston 9, Chester3, Chester
field Q, Clarendon 8, Colleton 4, Darl
ton 8, Edgefeld 8, Fairfield 8, Flor.
ence 3, Gereetown Q, Greenville s.
Hampton 2, Horny; Kershaw 3, Ian
caster 3, Laurens 3, Lexington 3, Ma
rion 8, Marlboro 8, Newberry 8, Oco
nee 2, Orangeburg 5, Pickens 2, Rich
land 4, Saluda 3. Spartanburg 6, Sum
ter, 5, Union 8, Williamsburg 8, York
4.
A copy of the call for each county
convention should be sent to the chair
man of this committee as soon as the
same is issued, and this committee
should be promptly notified of the de-
legates elected to the State convention.
Each congressional district is entitled
to two delegates and two alternate de-
legates to the national convention,
who shall be chosen at conventions
called by the congressional committee
of each such district in the same way
that nomination of representatives in
congress is made. All district con ven.
.tions should be held within the bounds
of the district, and cannot be held later
than so days before the meeting of the
national convention. It is recon-
mended that the county chairman and
the member of the congressional COM
mittee from each county join in the
call for a county convention, so that
as far may be practicable, delegates to
the State and con gressional conven-
tons may be elected at the same coun-
ty convention.
This com mm;ttee recommend the fol-
lowing apportionment of delegates to
district conventions
First District, 81 DelegateS-Beau-
fort 6, Berkeley 2, Charleston 13 Col
Teton 3, Georgetown 4, Williamsburg
8.
Second District, 81 Delegates
Hampton 4, Barnwell s, Aiken, 6,
Edgefeld 6, Saluda 8.
Third District, 81 Delegates-Abbe-
vile 9, Newberry S, Anderson z, Oco-
nee 8, Pickens 8.
Fourth District, Sc Delegates
Greenville 9, Laurens 6, Fairfield s.,
Spartanburg 8, Union 4, Richland 4.
Fifth District, 25 Delegates-York z,
Chester 5, Lancaster 8, Spartanburg 2,
Chesterfield 8, Kershaw 4, Union 1.
Sixth District, 81 Delegates-Claren-
don 4, Darlington 5, Florence 4, Marl,
boro 4, Marion 5, Horny 3, Williams
burg 3.
Seventh District, 80 Delegates
Berkeley 4, Colleton 4, Lexington 4,
Richlend 2, Sumter Z, Orangsburg 8.
E. A. WEBSTER, Chairman.
Attest, j. Fl. JOHNSON, Secretary.